Richard Dell wrote:
On 4/29/2016 4:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
It seems that the longest macro currently produced for K-mount might
be about 100mm. I've heard mention of a 200mm, and I have an old
manual focus 135 1:2 macro.
Two part question:
What are the options for long focal length macros? How are they
optically? Are there any teleconverters that do well? Or, am I just
better off cropping tighter?
I have the Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 90mm f/2.5 along with the Tamron
Adaptall 2x teleconverter 01F
to give a 180 mm Macro. I usually just keep the KA mount on the 90mm
though,
what with the 135mm equivalent that gives with my K5.
Hey! I've got that lens, I also have a 1.4x and a 2x TC for my Adaptall
300/2.8. I hadn't thought about putting those on it.
Jostein's peppercorn photo reminded me of these photos I took a couple
weeks back of what ended up being a dying black widow. It's abdomen was
all shriveled up and wrinkly, like the peppercorn. I didn't realize
that it was dying at the time and was thinking that it would be nice to
have a longer focal length macro lens.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157667682886286
and while I'm showing links of interesting spiders here's one I
photographed last night. It seems to be a different species than the
other large spiders I usually see around the house. It was big enough
that I grabbed a tape measure to give an idea of its size.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157667647636046
There isn't anything super artistic about those photos, but they're kind
of cool if you like spiders.
If you dislike spiders, you probably don't want to click through.
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