Forum: Lens Clubs
01-09-2013, 04:22 PM
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In my still on-going effort to find the right settings to use with my Vivitar 500mm Mirror Lens, I have read and tried the suggestions given to me by all of you out there. I did ditch the TC, and probably will never use it again. I shot this Image on a clear, cold, windy day. Using the AV Priority Mode, Tripod, and a Pixal Remote Shutter Release, this is what came out. Seems to be much better than what I had before, thanks to you all. I will keep playing with it! :)
Sorry about the dirt on the Lens. Must remember to watch out for that stuff.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-26-2012, 04:54 PM
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Greetings, Miserere :)
I am sorry that it took me so long to respond to your comment about my 500mm Lens. The Holidays have a habit of taking up alot of my time, but anyway . . . . :lol:
I have read your response to my problem using my Vititar 500mm Lens. I decided to try these suggestions that you have made. Just yesterday, I took the Pentax out with my 500mm Lens attached to my tripod and set the dial to AV Priority Mode. The light was fading quite fast, since it was towards the evening of Christmas Day. I did have a Pixal Remote Shutter Release, then snapped this Image. I know that it's not really all that great, but I found that your suggestions seem to work much better. I'm thinking that I may have found the answer to my problem. :)
Using the AV Mode, I found that I could increase the Shutter compensation by +/- 2.0 using the thumb wheel on the right side. When I shot it at +2.0 it seem'd to work much better. The weather was not too good, but I thought that this would be an opportunity to find out just how well it would work. My ISO setting was 200. I have not had a chance to do this in Manual Mode quite yet, but will do so in the near future. :(
Granted that the weather was not great, I'm thinking that on a sunny day or a bit overcast, this Lens will work just fine. I also have purchased a 72mm Flower Lens Hood and 3 different Filters that came with it. Here, someone had suggested that I have one, so I thought why not. Lets see what happens. Can't hurt anything that I know of. :confused:
The AE-L button I am not sure just how to use it quite yet. There is a whole lot I have to learn with this Lens, so I'll be playing with it as time goes by. :(
Thanks for your help. It was appreciated, as always! :)
Les Barr (IMCorker2)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-19-2012, 10:08 AM
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I've come across the pictures shown here using Mirror Lens. They are quite good. I, also, want to shoot a Vivitar 500mm Mirror Lens, but have had some limited results with it. I have a Pentax K100D, and just can't get the settings right. I've tried using different ISO speeds and found the it does work using a 400 ISO and a 800 ISO on Manual. The Pentax K100D has no "green button" that I can use. I've used a tripod, as always, and a remote shutter trip. I know that this Lens will work just fine, if only I could get Images like these. What settings did you use?
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