Re: PESO: couple of bug macros
I figured it out eventually. The setting for letting the camera work with non-A aperture has to be set to allow focal length setting for shake reduction, otherwise it wont let you. Once I did that, I picked 55mm which was closest to 60 (but not over). Thanks for the comments. The small bug looks really good on a big screen, where the bokeh can really shine. On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I really like the first image (232)! The sharp and colorful bug, > against the blurred white foreground and background, is very > effective. In the other shot the bug is too small, IMHO. > > My primitive understanding of the SR system is that it wants to know > the focal length of the lens, Somewhere in the menus one can enter it, > if it is a lens without a chip that handles the job automagically. > > Cheers, > > Rick > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Gonz wrote: >> I played around with the Laowa (Venus Optics) 60mm macro I got >> recently, handheld. The weather here has spring coming at least a >> month early, all the bugs are out sans mosquitoes (thank goodness). >> Was gonna take a pic of these plants we have in the garden that are >> like velvety white and saw this tiny little katydid sitting on one of >> the leaves. I wish I had used a tripod, as its difficult to get any >> depth of field with this lens unless you stop it down, but then in >> order to focus and meter handheld, you can't see anything through the >> dim viewfinder for anything more than about f8. The aperture is >> completely manual. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/32177689944/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/33022765995/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> Now I had a question, I'm not sure this is the K-1 particularly since >> I have not tried to do this with the K-5, but when I put this lens on >> the K-1 turns off shake reduction. At least my M lenses on the K-5 it >> would ask me the focal length at the beginning, but it would never >> turn it off unless I told it to. >> >> -- >> 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
Re: PESO: couple of bug macros
I really like the first image (232)! The sharp and colorful bug, against the blurred white foreground and background, is very effective. In the other shot the bug is too small, IMHO. My primitive understanding of the SR system is that it wants to know the focal length of the lens, Somewhere in the menus one can enter it, if it is a lens without a chip that handles the job automagically. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Gonz wrote: > I played around with the Laowa (Venus Optics) 60mm macro I got > recently, handheld. The weather here has spring coming at least a > month early, all the bugs are out sans mosquitoes (thank goodness). > Was gonna take a pic of these plants we have in the garden that are > like velvety white and saw this tiny little katydid sitting on one of > the leaves. I wish I had used a tripod, as its difficult to get any > depth of field with this lens unless you stop it down, but then in > order to focus and meter handheld, you can't see anything through the > dim viewfinder for anything more than about f8. The aperture is > completely manual. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/32177689944/in/dateposted-public/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/33022765995/in/dateposted-public/ > > Now I had a question, I'm not sure this is the K-1 particularly since > I have not tried to do this with the K-5, but when I put this lens on > the K-1 turns off shake reduction. At least my M lenses on the K-5 it > would ask me the focal length at the beginning, but it would never > turn it off unless I told it to. > > -- > 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.
PESO: couple of bug macros
I played around with the Laowa (Venus Optics) 60mm macro I got recently, handheld. The weather here has spring coming at least a month early, all the bugs are out sans mosquitoes (thank goodness). Was gonna take a pic of these plants we have in the garden that are like velvety white and saw this tiny little katydid sitting on one of the leaves. I wish I had used a tripod, as its difficult to get any depth of field with this lens unless you stop it down, but then in order to focus and meter handheld, you can't see anything through the dim viewfinder for anything more than about f8. The aperture is completely manual. https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/32177689944/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/33022765995/in/dateposted-public/ Now I had a question, I'm not sure this is the K-1 particularly since I have not tried to do this with the K-5, but when I put this lens on the K-1 turns off shake reduction. At least my M lenses on the K-5 it would ask me the focal length at the beginning, but it would never turn it off unless I told it to. -- 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.
