Neat. Go ahead; fill it up. That's what it is here for.I could fill this thread up with lots of random stuff.
Shot with a Kaligar 8mm movie lens on an E-M10.
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I keep coming back to this. It's a compelling image; the colors and tones are wonderful, that bright mushroom rising audaciously from dark greens and browns, seductive but deadly - or so I, knowing nothing about mushrooms, think. Terrific shot.
I keep coming back to this. It's a compelling image; the colors and tones are wonderful, that bright mushroom rising audaciously from dark greens and browns, seductive but deadly - or so I, knowing nothing about mushrooms, think. Terrific shot.
That’s one thing I noticed shooting with it today that I wasn’t so thrilled about. The close focusing is damn near a meter away. Is it an easy modification?View attachment 353430View attachment 353429
I modified this J-8 for close-focus to 0.5m. RF coupled to 0.65m
Sold it to a photographer that really appreciated it!
Hmmm. Not sure which version I have. Looks a bit different than yours though. Not sure which screw to mess with.The later version with the rotating front: there is an easy way to do it, remove the stop screw for close focus. You have to turn more than 360 degrees to separate them.
I ended up "misthreading" the helical to have it move the long way around for the stop screws.
Good on you for caring, Larry.Mostly, I suppose, the whole obsession with blurred backgrounds gets under my skin, and when I was doing photography more seriously I never heard of the word "bokeh". As an sort of f64 large format photographer for a couple of decades, I wanted everything in focus, so while I understand the technique of selective focus, I'd have referred to it as such. Debating how a lens renders that is certainly a legitimate topic for conversation. I'm just becoming a cranky old man, and I admit that there are enough real issues in the world that getting a bug up my butt by "bokeh" is trivial.
That out of focus background is just beautifulRight now the only thing I can adapt is Minolta A mount to Sony E. I need to pick up some more adapters so I can use some of my older stuff.
Minolta Maxxum 100-400 APO. And, just to get under @Lawrence A.'s skin...look at that smooth bokeh!!
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