Dave;
I think I speak for all the LXers when I say you'd be a fool not to buy it!
;-) (notice the wink!)
I use my LX for Macro photography and absolutely love it. I never even held
one before buying mine on eBay. I just KNEW it was the perfect camera for
me. (Mind you I did a lot of research beforehand...)
Christian Skofteland
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:36 AM
Subject: LX enablement...
> Hi guys & gals,...
>
> For the past few weeks I've had the pleasure of using a borrowed LX, with
the
> possibility of purchasing it in the near future as its owner is getting a
digital
> camera around xmas time and wants to sell one of his LXes to help finance
it.
> I haven't really used it much because I've been really busy lately. In
fact, I'd
> only run two rolls of film through it, one print and one slide. The
pictures I took
> on the print film mostly sucked (my fault), and I haven't really looked at
the
> slides yet.
>
> I'm returning the camera tomorrow so I took it out for a last session
today. I
> made a point of only taking four of my favourite manual focus lenses: SMCP
> 35/3.5, SMCP 50/1.2, SMC-A* 85/1.4 and the SMCP 135/2.5. I also made a
> point of using all the lenses at least once.
>
> The day was overcast which was just perfect for grabbing a few outdoor
> portraits of my girlfriend (with the usual level of cooperation:), and
quite a few
> scenic pictures of the river mouth and estuary where we were walking. She
> even managed to get a pic of me, as much as I hate having my photo taken
> (yeah I know its hypocritical of me).
>
> I want you all to know that I thoroughly enjoyed using the kit, despite
wishing
> I'd brought the 300/4 a couple of times. The 85/1.4 can do some pretty
good
> closeups and the 35/3.5 is the perfect companion to the LX due to its
small
> size and light weight (and versatile focal length).
>
> Then after I got home I found out just how good the LX is for macro. It
is the
> _perfect_ macro camera. I wanted to take an extreme closeup of an LCD
> module I've been playing with. So I put the FA100/2.8 macro onto my
entire
> set of extension tubes (total 68mm extension), then all that went on my 2x
> teleconverter. I think it ends up around 4x magnification. I put some
text on
> the display ("Pentax" on one line and "LX" below it), turned the backlight
on,
> then set the rig up to take the photo.
>
> Having trouble focussing, I popped the viewfinder off and used my 10x
loupe
> to focus. I then set the lens to f/8, set the LX to "auto", screwed in a
cable
> release, checked the focus one last time, and released the shutter.
Exactly
> three minutes later I had my photo :)
>
> I finished the roll by grabbing the flash and walking through the house
doing
> handheld macros (without the highly unstable rig described above).
>
> That camera is really nice.... I'll have the films back within a week,
depending
> when I drop them off.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> - Dave
>
> David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
> http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
>
> "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
> while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield
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