RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Markus, The pic doesn't look particularly sharp, colors look a little washed out, and what's with all the purple fringing? Shel [Original Message] From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got a nearly new Pentax A50mm 2.8 macro lens from an internet auction and this PESO is one of the

Re: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Pentxuser
Nice shot Marcus everything looks great on my monitor Vic

RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Vic thanks for your comment! I do agree with Shel about the not 100% correct exposure/colours and the purple he mentioned. I wonder: how much sharper should this photo have been on ISO 200 film with the A50mm 2.8 Pentax macro lens and flashed and will I get much better results with this lens

Re: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Dec 2004 at 19:51, Markus Maurer wrote: I got a nearly new Pentax A50mm 2.8 macro lens from an internet auction and this PESO is one of the first shots I made with it. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2963802 Hi Markus, It's a good shot but it does have a bit of

RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Shel yes, filmed on Agfa ISO 200 film and then scanned the negative with the Canon 9900F at 3200dpi and adjusted in Photoshop. greetings Markus - Subject: RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm Do I understand you correctly: You shot this on 35mm film using the Pentax macro lens

RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Rob thanks a lot for your answer. I have to find out whether I underexposed the shot or if the color cast is simply from the scan. with the Canon. The printed photo looks good me, but may be color corrected. I will try adding some green as you suggested, thanks. Considering the loss of the

RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
better :-) thanks for commenting Markus RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm Hi Markus, The pic doesn't look particularly sharp, colors look a little washed out, and what's with all the purple fringing? Shel I got a nearly new Pentax A50mm 2.8 macro lens from an internet

PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
I got a nearly new Pentax A50mm 2.8 macro lens from an internet auction and this PESO is one of the first shots I made with it. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2963802 I used the Pentax 280T flash manually set at low, Agfa ISO 200 film and a mini tripod... Will soon post some more

RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
to macro photography yet, that was one of the first shots, maybe I nedd to focus better :-) thanks for commenting Markus RE: PESO:peacocks eye Pentax Macro lens 50mm Hi Markus, The pic doesn't look particularly sharp, colors look a little washed out, and what's with all the purple fringing