using a "regular" 50mm might work, but not as well as a dedicated macro bellows lens will work. Another low cost but high performance solution is to use a enlarging lens via adapter. Those are similar to a macro bellows lens.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 12:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks! On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Just had to share this apparent gem. > > Kirk Tuck in his blog points out a great macro bellows deal, a > Fotodiox for $49.95 US at Amazon. > > He has tested it (on Canon) and found it to be as advertised, tough > and accurate. > > Kirk's blog entry: http://is.gd/cCu8R > > A link to the Pentax flavour of it at Amazon.com is: > http://is.gd/cCuc9 > > I think even I can afford this! The only showstopper for me is that > my only macro lens is a DA Ltd and as such has no aperture ring. I'd > have to try the reversing ring trick with my old SMC 50mm or rummage > around for a deal on an old macro. > > Has anyone here tried one out by any chance? > > -bmw > I haven't tried that particular one, but I've used bellows before. Note you can use a regular 50mm on it, no need for a macro lens as the Bellows will provide plenty of extension (my current bellows gets 2:1 magnification with a 50mm lens). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- 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.
