[SyncGuy]

K30; FA*85/1.4

Wah.. What's your setting for this shot?

[pinholecam]

Wah.. What's your setting for this shot?

f1.8 or f1.4
Brenizer technique (about 12 shots)

[pinholecam]

Another one with the FA*85/1.4

[Schmidlapper]

FA*24 & K5; f/8, 1/180, iso 80

[builttospill]

FA* 24 and K10D:

[pinholecam]

K30+FA*85

[pid]

what a dream!

[VisualDarkness]

FA* 24 and K10D:

How cute!

[jva59]

K30+FA*85

like the photo of the bride & groom above, a terrific shot!

[builttospill]

K30+FA*85

Love the background highlights.

How cute!

Thank you! Here's one more:

[valarie]

Dear FA owners, I have moastly K, M and A glass, some very rare pieces included, all imaculate, all Prime. I just bought a used K-01, witch the A- 50mm f2.8 macro 1/2 lives on, for maximum versatility.
My question is, I own a f-100mm Macro,my only auto focus lens, semingly very rare,very sharp, brown in color, but I love the versatility of my A-50mm 2.8 1/2 macro, and keep it on my new K-01 50% of the time. I saw an FA-50 Macro 2.8 and was impressed with its quality, and 1/1 focusing ability, and apature and focusing ring. Does anyone know what a floor model should go for, I thought $450. steep, so I ask you, despite having ample macro ability and many 50mm lenses, this looked like the perfect kit lens for my K-01, but $450 for the floor model, is that reasonable? Please Advise! Thank you!

[builttospill]

...this looked like the perfect kit lens for my K-01, but $450 for the floor model, is that reasonable? Please Advise! Thank you!

A quick search on eBay shows the FA 50 macro ranging in prices from $177 to $500. You could find the same lens for a better price.

[valarie]

Thank You builttospill!

[Parry]

K30+FA*85

Pinhole, big bokeh how?

Also, swirly bokeh how?

Want big swirly bokeh, rarely get big swirly bokeh.

[valarie]

Pinhole, big bokeh how?

Also, swirly bokeh how?

Want big swirly bokeh, rarely get big swirly bokeh.

I'll take a shot at how pinhole got that effect. Short telephoto (to limit angle of view,and magnify highlights) + mirror in the background, reflecting refracted light from a "disco ball", or "shandelier", notice how the edges of the "bokeh"(highlights) are sharp, and not round, as they would be if the camera was wide open, or the subject, was farther away from the mirror, which is also sharp enough to see the sharp edges of the apature blades, creating a "fox bokeh" effect. The creamy colors are at a greater distance than the "disco ball", and are true bokeh. Notice the Angle of the Shot, Up, and to the Side, to eliminate any unwanted elements that were also in front of the mirror (like the photographer,and foot traffic).You can see the light sourses in the subjects eyes, as she is looking up to the ceiling utilizing what looks like a florescent on the ceiling, that gave her a nice soft Key/Fill, and the multiple pinpoints, which may have been the light(s) creating the highlights in the mirror. Without lighting, this shot nessesitated her looking up at the light sourse, as to avoid top lighting, and "racoon eyes". Otherwise pinhole would have had to light it, with a soft box (chamera), and a cutter to keep the key off the mirror, she would not have needed to look up, as pinhole, would not have been limited to using the ceiling light as the Key light.