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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-13-2010, 07:21 AM
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*laughs*
I'll get some pictures of my older stuff possibly this evening. Snap a few pictures of some lenses & equipment.
I promise to go easy on you guys since I've been doing homework from here Digital Photography Tutorials and Techniques and just generally taking lots of pictures when I get chance.
No better way to learn then through experience. Thanks for the welcome and good to see good humour :lol:
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
07-05-2010, 08:41 AM
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Well I'll be. I think I just need to get out there and really start experimenting with how far I can push macro 'style' pictures without the macro lens.
Very inspiring. Thank you.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
07-05-2010, 08:06 AM
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Thanks for that, learning so much so fast.
Love it!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
07-05-2010, 07:19 AM
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So, I've been itching to get into Macro end of things. So far what I've soaked up is the general majority of Macro lenses are setting at an f stop of f2.8 and there is basically 3 major sizes giver or take a few mm's.
50mm, 70mm and 100mm. From what I understand, as long as its 1:1 your getting your ideal focus but the focal length is how far away you can be from your subject (like insects). Am I understanding that right?
I'm looking at some of the modern ones, sitting at the $550-$799 range of price. Which they probably produce some amazing shots, I know that having got a Pentax, I can use manual lenses as well. (Love it).
So I'm considering getting an old, heavy manual macro lens to play with for far cheaper until I can save up for the good stuff. Normally I'm a specs junkie, but this is a new territory for me and I get lost pretty quick with some of the details in these lenses. So I was hoping for a bit of help in terms of hunting out an older but still respectable macro lens to work with.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to hunt down a few nice manual wide angles or telephoto's as well to 'test the waters' since some of my lenses in my old 35mm setup (K mount) are contaminated (?). They have a bit of fog and the filters are a bit tarnished.
Apologies if this isn't well researched enough but, my head just hurts after looking at too many numbers. I've been digging quite a while but...big body of water to play in when it comes to picking out a lens.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-05-2010, 07:02 AM
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Just wanted to say hello to everyone...originally my Ladyfriend was the one who got into the photography. Picked up her K200D about a year and a half ago.
She's into a totally different realm of photography interests...me being a photoshop junkie, wanted certain stuff she wasn't interested in. So I got the bug. Now I'm itching for some peculiar, technical and hard to land shots. (Being the technicality bug I am).
Hopefully I can poke a few questions and learn some stuff 'round here. Best place I could imagine for our camera since I also have a 35mm Pentax with half-dozen lenses I wouldn't mind learning to use as well as the DSLR.
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