Please share your photos by a Pentax camera here :)

[otc]

Yes, it is indeed a very solid lens, very well built w/ great optical quality.

Here are two testing shots I got today w/ my friend's VL125/2.5:

Feng Wei,

Your shots on insect is crisp sharp. Was this taken with flash above the insect. Saw the shadows beneath the insect, thought it may be the sun. Care to share. Good Shot anyway.

otc

 

[fengwei]

Yes, it is indeed a very solid lens, very well built w/ great optical quality.

Here are two testing shots I got today w/ my friend's VL125/2.5:

Feng Wei,

Your shots on insect is crisp sharp. Was this taken with flash above the insect. Saw the shadows beneath the insect, thought it may be the sun. Care to share. Good Shot anyway.

otc

Thanks Yes, the photos were taken w/ flash mounted on top of the camera. Hard to get a flash shot w/o shadow, although I did try, but the bugs just didn't stay there for me to shoot ...

I guess an AF lens would help a bit for getting hard angle shots, that's why I'm thinking of taking out the DFA100 macro next time when I'm out there in the park again

Cheers!

 

[longko]

K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm f2.5 (Handheld)

Direct K10D raw shot

After some simple PP

 

[otc]

Thanks Yes, the photos were taken w/ flash mounted on top of the camera. Hard to get a flash shot w/o shadow, although I did try, but the bugs just didn't stay there for me to shoot ...

I guess an AF lens would help a bit for getting hard angle shots, that's why I'm thinking of taking out the DFA100 macro next time when I'm out there in the park again

Cheers!

Thanks for sharing Fengwei.

otc

 

[otc]

longko;K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm f2.5 (Handheld)


LONGKO, focus is right on the eye, with flash mounted cos of slight shadow from fengwei reply. Good shot anyway.

otc

 

[longko]

longko;K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm f2.5 (Handheld)


LONGKO, focus is right on the eye, with flash mounted cos of slight shadow from fengwei reply. Good shot anyway.

otc

Thanks If you are looking for shadowless (almost) cast, the secret is 2x diffused flash Or if it's single flash, you need to know how to hold or use a flash bracket:bsmilie: This particular kind of fly is not suitable to use handheld flash, cause on wireless mode the build-in flash does a pre-flash it'll scare the fly away. If ever that's a chance I'll share the limited knowledge I have for using flash in macro.

 

[fengwei]

K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm f2.5 (Handheld)

Direct K10D raw shot
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7460/imgp3772oql7.jpg

Nice shot as always. But I do can see the funny crosshatches in the shadow. At ISO200, it does look quite bad ...

 

[the mac 13]

Shot at home.

Rocker Bird!

 

[night86mare]

K100D, kit lens.

 

[the mac 13]

 

[the mac 13]

All taken with the Sigma

 

[the mac 13]

Taken yesterday

 

[the mac 13]

K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm f2.5 (Handheld)

Did you use any filters or tubes or something to get close?

 

[the mac 13]

With Kit lens

 

[longko]

Nice shot as always. But I do can see the funny crosshatches in the shadow. At ISO200, it does look quite bad ...

Thanks. Those are the banding problem I'd been asking about all this time. Think really need to bring to service liao.:bsmilie: Still kinda lazy:embrass:

 

[longko]

Did you use any filters or tubes or something to get close?

Nope, just cropped it. My other shot here is with Raynox DCR250.
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=280908

Not as sharp as I hope that it'll be:bsmilie: (I blame the Raynox)

 

[VSonic06]

Thanks. Those are the banding problem I'd been asking about all this time. Think really need to bring to service liao.:bsmilie: Still kinda lazy:embrass:

Have you tried with another body and see if the crosshatch bands go away?

 

[longko]

Have you tried with another body and see if the crosshatch bands go away?

Haven't find a chance. I remember these problem don't appear much when I got it, but then I don't have macro lens.:bsmilie: Regardless what lens I use they tend to appear in shadow or underexposed area/background:think:

 

[creampuff]

K100D Vivitar 100mm f3.5 Macro

 

[longko]

K10D + Vivitar (Kiron) 105mm

My high contrast & saturation series:bsmilie: