Excellent shots. I've never done any macro work that I was really happy with.
We caught a black widow the other day using a jar. It's very pretty, but the curved glass makes getting a clear shot quite difficult, and I'm not willing to let her out for a portrait session. On Jun 14, 2011, at 4:52 AM, Mark Cassino wrote: > This weekend I tested out the D-FA 100mm macro combined with a Kiron MC-7 2x > teleconverter and also combined with a Pentax 1.7x AF adapter as alternatives > to > a 200mm macro lens. The combo with the Kiron was OK, but not great. However, > I > was really impressed with the results with the 1.7x converter. Here's one > test > shot of a dragonfly who was pawing around on a sandy hill a pine barrens: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP2671.jpg > > Cropped to actual pixels to see the detail in the eyes - and the injury to > its > right eye: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP2671_cr.jpg > > A Bee Hunter: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP2745.jpg > > Actual pixel crop of its compound eyes: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/pdml/IMGP2745_cr.jpg > > I used the 1.7x adapter only as a teleconverter, with AF turned off. Having a > modest degree of af functionality might be useful also. > > Shots with the Kiron really lacked in sharp edge definition, though were not > as > bad as I was expecting. Some samples can be seen in a blog post here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > or here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/the-blackthorn-wand > > I'm pretty satisfied with the 1.7x telelconverter - though I still hope to > hear > from Pentax that they can fixed the lens! > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
