As the kids say nowadays: "sick!" Okay, they said that 15 years ago. I'm not sure what they say now but that's pretty cool.
Cheers, frank On November 3, 2015 3:12:14 PM EST, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >Inspired by a recent Petapixel post this was project was completed >over my lunchtime today. Images and/or video to follow (eventually). > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/22742155842/ > >The lens is a 105mm f/4.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar (mounted in a Compur >0s shutter) that was borrowed from a circa 1930 Maximar 207/3 (which >is a mini 6x9 view camera). It's mounted to a drilled out m42 body >cap. That was screwed into an Asahi Pentax Bellows II, to which my >K-3II was mounted with a screwmount to K adapter. The Compur shutter >is set to T (left open) and the DSLR controls the exposure. > >Believe it or not, this combo achieves infinity focus, something I >could NOT get with my earlier attempt at this idea: >https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/2754888119/ > >I used a plastic body cap for this proof-of-concept, but I think I >will see if I can find a metal m42 body cap to do it For Realsies. -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.

