That's beautiful! I didn't know that any Xray machines have glass lenses; I know that medical Xray machines use apertures and collimators to direct the beam.
An almost-existential question: If there's no sharp focus, can there be bokeh? Rick On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > Jostein wrote: >> >> Over summer, Dario helped me procure a very special lens, a Rayxar >> E65/1.0 made by de Oude Delft in Netherlands. >> >> Yes, that's a 65mm f/1.0. :-) It's an optic made for x-ray machines. >> >> Turned out, it had a M42x1.0 thread on one side, which means it fits >> straight into a standard M42 -> PK adapter. >> >> No aperture control and DOF like a sheet of graphene, but oh, the bokeh. >> Think I will have some fun with this one. :-) >> >> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/flamingoblomst/ > > > Pleasing shape and colors. With that lens you could make even members of > the pdml look good. > >> >> Jostein >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.