With a bellows you don't need a macro lens. A basic bellows like that one without aperture transmission is nothing more than an adjustable length extension tube but heavier. The helix drive Pentax ones are great but hard to come by. Alternatively, I still have two Novoflex bellows with aperture transmission for sale that I was too lazy to put up on eBay. EUR 100 for the better one, USD 100 for the older. Shipping on top. Contact me offlist if you are interested. Cheers Ecke
2010/6/4 Bruce Walker <[email protected]>: > 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 > > -- > 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.
