[Jome]

Living Pumpkin Family Bokeh

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Last edited by Jome; 03-16-2018 at 10:29 AM.

[WPRESTO]

Living Pumpkin Family Bokeh

Those are a scream, as well as immensely clever.

[taks]

playing with snapspeed k3 and da 35

[acoufap]

Streetwalk today with an experimental Macro Kit.

I love to experiment!
You know that the M1.7/50 works perfectly with DA TC1.4x without vignetting?
And if you combine this kit with an achromat you get something like an optical macro lens M2.4/70?

Some pictures …

... dng developed in Capture One Pro.

[D1N0]

The DA 35mm 2.4 AL is a bit swirly on the K-1


may not be visible yet. Flickr is acting up

[Jome]

Those are a scream, as well as immensely clever.

Yup! Worth catching them up!

[zzeitg]

Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 100 2.8 (zebra)

[greenas]

Hard blur

[WPRESTO]

Leaves well separated from mostly featureless background, but there is some bokeh.

[pepperberry farm]

[cyberjunkie]

Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 100 2.8 (zebra)

I have two examples of the later all-black Pentacon's.
Great bokeh and still sharp enough for most subjects.
A lens that can rightfully claim its place among the best 20 M42 lenses.
Your pictures are a nice example of what can be done with it.
Thumbs up

Paolo

[acoufap]

Thousand thanks everybody for the very positive feedback for my recent M1.7/50@K-1 posts!

For those who may want to build up a similar „Lego“ macro lens (DA TC 1.4x - M1.7/50 - Achromat) let me add the info that the achromat is 62mm and I use a 49-62mm step-up ring to adapt it to the 1.7/50. Could be important to get no vignetting.

(Please skip if not interested) some additional thoughts ...

imo using unsharpness is a very important sometimes complex concept in real life communication as is in communication through pictures. Slight change of color balance influences feeling the captured scenery. These two compositional elements together with perspective are key for me to express perception of a moment.

Although I love my gear and working with it, lens and camera play second fiddle for the final product. But together with post processing capabilities they lay the ground to transform life into picture. I think it’s important for a photographer to do the whole process in person - photography suburb and post processing if film or digital.

Some more pictures with K-1 • [ DA TC 1.4x - M1.7/50 ] …

When I look at these pictures I’m really surprised and nearly can't believe that I got it using solely global adjustments in pp!

[Riggomatic]

SMC-K 300mm. Rainy day.

[Veldrin]

With Pentax K 50mm F1.2. What a lens!

[Jean Poitiers]

A few more efforts on the K-1 with my Single Challenges lens ... Universon 55/1.4 (Tomioka)