Pentax K100D with MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8

[ManixZero]

Here are a couple of shots taken with my Pentax K100D and Micro-Nikkor 55mm macro.

Traditionally this lens goes to 1:2 magnification but with the optic free Nikon AI-Pentax PK adapter it looses infinity focus but does get closer to 1:1

A Dandelion


A Poppy


And a Wild Flower (Corn flower?)


C&C welcome

Cheerz MZ

[Attila]

I love colors B&W is not good in my opinion on these pictures.

[booone0]

I agree however except in the case of #1, which I think is really awesome in B&W.

[patrickh]

That nikkor and ots predecessor the 3.5 are among the best macro lenses and cost very little


patrickh

[ManixZero]

Thanks for the comments.

I do understand the feelings over colours but the images were converted to B&W in part to help "lose" the backgrounds and also due to the inspiration of Mapplethorpe's Flowers.

Anyway here is a colour image from the same collection. Hope you like



Plus - I am quite pleased with myself for finding the a solution to mounting the Nikkor to my Pentax - I have used the lens since my days of film when it was used with my trusted but quite elderly Nikon FA.

Cheerz MZ

[PaulC]

Ah, that is much more effective!

They are great lenses, I love mine. There was originally a tube to take them to 1:1, which none of today's "macro" lenses do. I believe the tube was supplied with the lens.

To shoot B&W well you have to think in terms of contrast and shape rather than colour. We used to do it automatically in the days when B&W film was much cheaper than colour so we used it all the time but now it doesn't come naturally and it isn't easy to get back to that mindset. At least, that is the conclusion I have come to after being shocked by how weak my own B&W was, in my first attempt to use it for 30 years. Thinking in colour and shooting B&W simply doesn't work.