Mark, Very happy to read your considerations about macro. I had thoughts along similar lines, but actually for extreme macro studio work. Controlling vibration at 4X and beyond can be a pain. A setup that requires less magnification to fill the frame could be a good thing if the image quality is good enough. And the central shutter design and faster flash sync speed could also help reducing vibrations.
This could be fun. :-) Jostein Den 2. juni 2017 01.11.20 CEST, skrev Mark C <[email protected]>: >I have the original Q, not the Q7. It's a fun system though I haven't >used mine in a long time. Back in the days when I traveled for my job I > >took the Q kit on the road with me -camera , fisheye, normal zoom and >tele-zoom - a small, light but versatile kit. > >And as an update to the copy of this reply that I accidentally sent >directly to you - the IQ is decent, more than adequate for web based >images and good enough for smaller prints, though its best to keep the >ISO as low as possible. The Q7 sensor is about 50% larger than the >original Q in terms of surface area, so the IQ should be a bit better. > >IMO - one niche for the Q is for macro in the field. Let's say you have > >a gnat that is 6mm from head to toe and you want a photo of it as you >are hiking along. Pull out the Q, put on a K to Q adapter and a 1:1 >macro lens, shoot at f2.8 to f5.6. Very easy setup to carry and deploy >and at f 2.8 to f5.6 you could probably keep the ISO fairly low and >have >decent DOF but some diffraction limit on sharpness. But on APS-C or >full frame the gnat would need 4x to 6x magnification. Not so easy for >field work. For this kind of macro work, the Q / Q7 can let you get a >decent shot (not great) where you are not likely to get any shot at all > >using APS-C or full frame. > >Mark > >On 6/1/2017 1:29 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: >> Picked up a Q7 kit today that came at an irresistible price. Any >other users here? >> Jostein -- 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.
