> > Just let me add that nothing six-legged was permanently harmed for this photo.
I regret to inform you that the apple did not survive my experiment. > On 16 Jan 2025, at 21:41, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 16.01.25 um 22:25 schrieb Bob W PDML: >> Atrocity alert! (But not on a Cotty scale). >> I thought I should check that the advice below was sound, so I attached an >> M42 Schneider 50mm lens to Pentax K tubes 2+3 by way of a M42-PK adapter, >> then used a PK-LM adapter to attach the tubes to my Leica M10 monochrom, >> since it’s the only full-frame digital camera I have, and took this picture >> of the top of an apple. >> This is the full 35mm-sized frame, the apple is medium-sized, so the stalk >> thing at the top* is about 1cm diameter. >> https://share.icloud.com/photos/005Xj8RmZKnKBrfaWOdmnnFLw > > I've been able to come up with something presentable using a Pentax M 4/20 mm > lens at f16 and a 12 mm extension ring. Due to the shallow DOF it needed a > fair amount of AI sharpening in ON1 but, given the subject, it could well do > with a bit of additional drama. > > As explained in another message in this thread, it took me a good while to > find out that the enamel at the back of the extension ring kept the camera > from recognising that anything was attached and it refused to step the lens > down. Some courageous treatment with a dremel solved this problem. > > I'll let you all be the judge of the picture and the idea once the new > gallery will be online. Just let me add that nothing six-legged was > permanently harmed for this photo. > > Thanks for all help and suggestions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
