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Here we go Ladies and Gentlemen! This month I will be entertaining you (hopefully) with the lovely Tamron SP 90mm F2.5 Macro Adaptall-2 lens. Though this all metal beauty is only a 1:2 macro, I do have the 2x matching teleconverter to make this a true 1:1 180mm macro.

Finally, I have to give much deserved thanks to a fellow Pentaxian and friend for helping me out with getting the proper KA adaptall mount. Thanks a lot Jeff!

P.S. I will also be taking daily (hopefully) shots with my newest acquisition - the K1000 film camera. I'll post the results in another thread at the end of the month.

K1000, how antique, how out of date, how backward,....(sobbing) I've still got mine, my first REAL camera! Bloody ripper mate! They're bullet-proof and super reliable!

Anyway, best of luck cobber in SiM.

Cheers Paddy

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. I have to admit though that my chops just went flying through the air reading your post (because I once had that lens). Noting that the 2x converter turns that lens into a 180mm 1:1, even if f5, still a tasty lens to play with (no regrets on the adapter though).

What I love most about it is the focusing. It is by far the easiest MF lens I have. Excellent for regular tele shots as well because the range from infinity to 1m is around 75º so you're not left there spinning the focus ring like a madman to catch THE shot. I find it perfect for kids. Puts me at a nice distance from the subjects so that they don't pay attention to me and carry on with their own business.

The whole focus throw is damn near 350º! So there's plenty of precision on the macro end. And the build... so solid. Easily on the same or even higher level than SMC-M series. Did I just say that? GASP. I'm truly looking forward to this month. Such a fun fun lens!

March 1st


Thanks for the comments all Quite surprisingly, I'm not beginning the month with a macro shot!

No macro, you say. I wonder how many fireplace pics we'll be seeing at the end of the month....

I promise this is the only one from me!

Macro fire? I dare you! ;-)

The closest I got in my month of macro was those three burning matches, but a fireplace might be too much.

Unlikely that' I'd want to get that close to a fireplace, but here's fire which I shot previously...

The minimum focus distance is around 10" or so on this lens. Very very workable.

I've never seen anything quite like this. Damn fine work, love those arcs of warm colour against the blue cast throughout.

Beautiful all of them.
I broke a glass plate two weeks ago trying to shoot flames, you put some lighter fluid on a glass plate then light and then shoot (seen that somewhere on the web), but I forgot to use a tempered glass

> but I forgot to use a tempered glass

(>_<)

Mike, the color you see is from post processing. I wanted to change it up so I did a Duo Tone.

MDF - Ouch! Hope no one got hurt.

March 2nd

With these two shots, I get the impression you are still enduring the cold.
We are quite opposite.
Beautiful shots, both of them.