On 7/30/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > >Lovely shots as always. > > > >On 7/29/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bob Shell wrote: > >> > >> > Do you have any special secret for getting so close to dragonflies? > >> > The ones around here are so skittish that I am never able to get > >> > really close to them. > >> > >> Well, equipment helps - a 200mm macro, with the crop factor of the K10D > >> or *ist-D, lets you shoot from 2.5 to 3 feet away - that's a huge help > >> vs a 100 mm macro which, of course, would require you to get twice as > >> close. > > > >I'll have to look into the 200, i have the 100. > > I've done some experimenting with the 100/2.8 and the 1.7x AF converter > and I'm cautiously optimistic about the combination. > I may do some bug hunting in the garden while recuperating.
I have a Sigma 1.4 tele, but i used it recently on the baby Trumpeter Swan shots and it seemed to not want to focus properly with it on. Hope its not kaft. Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
