Hi Jon How macro is macro?
A 100mm or 50 mm macro lens is a good starting point for macro. I use the 50 1.4 for macro, but I use it reversed - it gives much better results. It should give you about 3.5 time magnification. I have also bought a 12 mm "A" extension tube and modified the pins to convince the camera that it is connected to an A lens. This lets you use PTTL flash, but doesn't give you accurate metering (I'll tell you what needs to be changed if you are interested and want to go down this route. It also lets you mount the K10D (and *istD and MZ-S and Z1P) onto the bellows without a lot of mucking around (it just doesn't fit!) I've just bought a set of Olympus Bellows and the 38 and 20 mm bellows lenses that give me up to about 14 times magnification. All you need to do is change the rear mount (I'm still using the 12mm extension tube to let the camera fit and to pretend it's an "A" lens). I haven't had too much time to play with it yet, but I've just come back from a field trip with some tiny marine animals to photograph, so tomorrow is the proper testing. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon jon carver wrote: > Hi Ya'll, > Haven't really been active lately but have found this list very helpful in > the past. > > One of the things I absolutely love about my wee point-and-shoot is the macro > mode but sometimes I'm without the PnS so I'm looking for suggestions on a > macro kit for the DSLR. My current DSLR kit is a K10D, both DA* zooms, DA 70 > limited and the DA 40 limited (soon to be replaced with the 21). Anyway, I've > been thinking of getting the FA 50/1.4 and a bellows so that I can start > taking some macro shots with the big cam. One of the reasons I like this idea > is that this kit would be dual purpose. The 50/1.4 seems like it would work > well for macro *and* it would be nice to have at least one fast lens in the > kit. However, I'd love to hear some other suggestions. I've noticed a 100 f/4 > seems to be a popular choice so I'd love to hear opinions on that lens. I'd > also like to hear what some have to say about lighting products as well. > Basically, I'm about to invest and would like to feel confident that I'm > making the right choices. > Thanks in advance, > -jon > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
