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piggsy
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 84 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 4:28 am Post subject: |
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piggsy wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
That's really an exceptional set of images you've put together, piggsy. Very impressive. Do you know what species that bird is? Geez, I wish I had such subject matter at my disposal. I'm lucky if I find bugs on a tomato plant! |
That's a noisy miner bird. They are almost, but not quite at plague proportions here - really their main attractive feature is that they (in combination with the rainbow lorikeets) seem to completely fill the same niche as the horror show that is the common myna around here and squeeze them out.
They're cute until there are hundreds of them going eE eE eeE every .25 seconds, filling the trees and mobbing/swooping literally every other bird or other potential predator that exists
And thanks on the photos! That's like, a walk down about 2-3 blocks around my house here in East Brisbane. Summer's a lot better for bugs though. |
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piggsy
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 84 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 6:14 am Post subject: |
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piggsy wrote:
Rest of today's pics with the 2xMFTC. Have to say I'm really impressed with this combo - really wish I had a proper hood for this, and my flash setup could use a proper diffuser to go with this kind of range (I have a ghetto one I made out of foam, and the Fstoppers Flashdisc, neither of which are at all up to macro lighting at these kinds of working distances with the FL600R), but apart from that, holy crap I did not expect anything like this kind of quality.
^ think that's a sugarbag bee being eaten there, which are not at all large bees, and you can still make out the details on its wings and pollen sacs through the web
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RnR
Joined: 11 Jul 2012 Posts: 283 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 10:14 am Post subject: |
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RnR wrote:
Very tidy examples piggsy! And welcome to the forum mate _________________ Currently shooting with Fuji X-E2s + Metabones Speedbooster + m42 and CY glass 💕
Cheers, Hasse |
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piggsy
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 84 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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piggsy wrote:
RnR wrote: |
Very tidy examples piggsy! And welcome to the forum mate |
Thanks! I have to say this seems like a much better setup you guys have here than the wonderings-aloud of people who heard of a guy who used a manual lens once you sometimes see on other forums
Ob. shot of lens on camera -
I made something up today that will hopefully do better for using the FL600R with it -
Velcro dots, craft glue, alfoil, packing foam, rubber band, milk carton with the ends cut off
Seems to do OK - didn't have the MFTC on the lens for this shot, but guesstimated the typical distance/aperture with just the 135CF itself (blinking -3.0ev and just before the sun totally disappeared, in the shade) -
and as a bit of fill flash out in the front yard, last sun again -
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piggsy
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 84 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 10:42 am Post subject: |
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piggsy wrote:
So not to turn this into my gallery or anything, but tonight I put it through one of the harsher tests imaginable -
2xmftc
complete darkness
flash lighting
black specularly reflective bugs
and here's how it did -
Again, not at all a bad piece of work, this thing. As with all the images if you look really close (too close for anywhere other than, I dunno, dpreview ) you find various things it does less well, but still. For a lens this inexpensive, this old (75-82, I'm reading?), teleconverted and given a 2x crop on top of the 2xtc, I feel I can't reasonably complain about anything at all. Really damn hard to handle though. Factor in the crop and TC, and the lack of accurate IBIS for the TC'd length, then add focusing using a weak-ish LED (so the bugs don't get annoyed) and the EVF boosted to maximum brightness and you have your work cut out. I think I would rather go back to failing at birds in flight _________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/piggsyface/
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
This is my copy...
And some pics..
_________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3462 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Great results Kryss, a keeper for sure. _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
Thanks Ed... Much appreciated _________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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lilmii
Joined: 08 Aug 2018 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:05 am Post subject: |
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lilmii wrote:
kryss wrote: |
This is my copy...
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Wow! First silver one I've ever seen! Where did you get it? What mount is it? |
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:37 am Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
Pentax mount, a gentleman on Pentax Forum...Look for "Pimped lenses" but not cheap . _________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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lilmii
Joined: 08 Aug 2018 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:49 am Post subject: |
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lilmii wrote:
kryss wrote: |
Pentax mount, a gentleman on Pentax Forum...Look for "Pimped lenses" but not cheap . |
Interesting... 🙃 |
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1305 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
kryss wrote: |
Pentax mount, a gentleman on Pentax Forum...Look for "Pimped lenses" but not cheap . |
last I looked Brian aka dcshooter had got bumped off PF or had his account closed .... not sure what happened! _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
A classic zoom or two: VS1 (komine), Kiron Zoomlock... |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2495
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
Moderators won't say because they don't discuss moderation action against individual members, other that people will only get a permanent ban when all other options have failed or when they are spammers. Adam even goes so far as the advise not to do business with DCshooter. On why not he is silent. _________________ pentaxian |
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
Typical for politically old fashioned Pentax Forum,run by 19th century anachronism.
Try Brian Gohacki @bwg7@law.georgetown.edu _________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16544 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
great shots + lens Chris! _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
many thanks my friend. _________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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vivaldibow
Joined: 23 Jun 2018 Posts: 837
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:53 am Post subject: |
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vivaldibow wrote:
kryss wrote: |
many thanks my friend. |
Nice lens and pics. I should dig out mine and do a test. Having been busy collecting 135mm preset, I almost forgot my beloved 135mm CF. |
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
vivaldibow...... _________________ Do not trust Atoms....they make up everything. |
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
vivaldibow wrote: |
Nice lens and pics. I should dig out mine and do a test. < . . . > |
Me too! Soon as I find it . . . I think we might have some flowers blooming now. _________________ Michael
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invisible
Joined: 06 Jun 2013 Posts: 343
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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invisible wrote:
I use it mostly for non-macro work and find it excellent too. Here are a couple of samples on full frame:
At f2.8:
100% magnification of the photo above:
At f/8 (straight out of the camera):
I find it very sharp, and I like its bokeh. |
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