[FreeSpirit9]

Weed flower Tamron 90

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[Tonytee]

near macro K3 with A35-70 at the macro end

Now that is really gorgeous. Well done sir.

TT

[Arjay Bee]

Now that is really gorgeous. Well done sir.

Thank you Tony.

[schnitzer79]

Kiron 105mm

[Thagomizer]

Pansies with reversed 18-55.

[jacamar]

Is the macro setting on my Rich GRIII OK? Fritillary flowers, taken this morning.

[ivanvernon]

Here are two tulips which are really just one tulip, the same blossom. To my surprise the closed tulip opened fully within 30 minutes of the time I picked it for my still life photo exercise.

KIT: K-1 with Tokina AT-X 90mm f 2.5 macro, the "bokina."

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Last edited by ivanvernon; 04-30-2019 at 09:12 AM. Reason: Typo correction.

[Thagomizer]

Sigma 70mm f2.8 macro @f2.8; handheld, no flash. Seeing what happens when only a small part of the image is in focus, letting everything else melt into areas of soft colour. I wanted to try to have little more than the colours and the occasional edge of a petal to hint at the "flowerness" of the subjects for results that are more suggestion or dream rather than documentary. Cross posted from the Bokeh Club.

[WPRESTO]

A close-up of an aster, not quite close enough to qualify as a macro IMHO.

[Davep]

Lilac buds in the backyard.

[WPRESTO]

Cactus flower, always interesting, another image that's a close-up but a little short of a true macro.

testing a new focusing screen with the 100mm f/2.8 macro

[BruceBanner]

testing a new focusing screen with the 100mm f/2.8 macro

What focusing screen did you opt for? What camera and did you do the swap yourself? Tricky or easy? Curious to know as I'm tempted to replace my K-1 focusing screen with a Canon S Type.

What focusing screen did you opt for? What camera and did you do the swap yourself? Tricky or easy? Curious to know as I'm tempted to replace my K-1 focusing screen with a Canon S Type.

That was the "Ec-L" mounted in a K-1; see comparisons at:
Focusing Screen

The "S" type as I understand it has no focusing aid built in, and is described as "super precision matte" finish on the prism side. I suppose that means that the surface is ground with a much finer grit than standard. I suggest studying the comparison pictures before making up your mind.

I had also put the same Ec-L screen in a K-50, that installation was smooth as silk, and it works great. I had a bit more trouble with the K-1, had to remove the factory installed metal shim and use FocusingScreen's thicker plastic shim in order to get the focal length of the lens-to-viewfinder to match that of the lens-to-sensor distance. You do have to check to see if that's correct, or the new screen will throw off manual focus. There's a picture of the setup I used in another thread, here's a link to my post, but I suggest you review that whole thread.

Will a different focusing screen help? - PentaxForums.com

I should think that a person with average mechanical ability should find the installation pretty easy, though the directions are hard to follow (being translated badly). The hard part (which wasn't all that hard) was getting the thing centered and properly calibrated. The only thing that really bothered me about it was having the camera open for all the time it took to do all this. Now I'm going to have to do another exhaustive cleaning.

[aaacb]

dfa 100 wr, close to 1:1 on the k3ii


and one with the gr iii in macro mode