Re: *ist-D IR and other ramblings

2003-11-19 Thread Mark Cassino
At 07:58 AM 11/18/2003 +0100, you wrote: I have writen a little report about: Using the F 3.5-4.5/17-28 Fisheye-Zoom plus the freeware program PTLens gives a lens of about 15-26/3.5-4.5 A detailed explaination with pictures (sorry, up to now only in German, but look at the pictures or use

Re: *ist-D IR and other ramblings

2003-11-18 Thread RĂ¼diger Neumann
From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Sigma 14mm f3.5 works fine, but by it's nature (front element is a semi-sphere) it picks up all sorts of flare. The 17-28 fisheye loses too much of the fisheye effect - at 17mm it seems to have the AOV of a 20mm (judging by the finder) but has too much

*ist-D IR and other ramblings

2003-11-17 Thread Mark Cassino
I got my *ist-D over a week ago, but between having to log in some serious hours getting ready for an art fair later this week, and the utterly crappy / gloomy weather, I haven't really had the time to do much with it. I _have_ managed to shoot about 900 images though - my last surviving cat is

Re: *ist-D IR and other ramblings

2003-11-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip nice stuff about the *istD I've very happy with it with the A*200mm macro. I really gotta get me one of these (or the FA* EDIF 200/4 macro) Why do they have to be so expensive? Why? WHY? Christian

Re: *ist-D IR and other ramblings

2003-11-17 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Those IR shots are inspiring. I've gotta try one of those filters on my *istD. Did you use a ring flash for the bug or just a regular flash? I agree with you that the instant feeback is one of the greatest things that digital has to offer. I played with the lighting setup for an ebay sale