Quite impressive! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > Well those are very nice. This is one of the more interesting cameras Pentax > has produced of late. And it is certainly fun to use lenses from other > companies. > > [email protected] wrote: >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:14:20 +1100 >> From: Brian Walters<[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >> Subject: Some close up tests with the Q >> Message-ID: >> >> <20130331231420.horde.3j6cxiaxhcprwcicadyj...@webmail.netregistry.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes >> >> G'day all >> >> Looking at Mark's post about his macro tests with the Q made me >> realise that I needed to get off my backside and take some photos with >> my Q. >> >> My needs are more modest than Mark's - I'm more into close-up than >> true macro - so, rummaging around in my bits and pieces drawer I came >> across a Canon Close-Up Lens 450. I'm not sure where it came from but >> may have been attached to an old Canonflex SLR I bought some years ago >> (that's certainly the only Canon I've ever owned). >> >> The close up lens is 58mm diameter and fortunately I had enough step >> -up rings between 40.5mm and 58mm to be able to mount it on the front >> of the 06 zoom (5 step-up rings in total). >> >> Here's a very quick experiment using my favourite plant as a subject. >> >> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PentaxQ/pentaxQ.html >> >> The first two photos are without the close up lens attached, just to >> see how the 06 zoom preformed on its own. The third photo is with the >> close up lens attached and as close as I could get to the plant while >> still being able to autofocus. >> >> Unfortunately, I was so concentrated on focusing distance that I >> totally forgot about depth of field, so these are all with the lens >> pretty much wide open. But, all told, I'm pretty happy with the >> result and the close up lens will become part of my 'Q Kit'. >> >> >> -- Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western >> Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > 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.
