Macro lenses are better for this use as JCO notes, and enlarging lenses are also good choices, but you can use non-macro lenses too.
-Adam On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
