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Bobby1970
Senior Member Joined: 15 April 2013 Country: United Kingdom Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Posts: 158 |
Posted: 04 July 2013 at 07:38 | |
Its a Minolta 35-70mm with the front element removed. |
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Sony A57, Sony A100, 18-55mm Kit lens. Sigma 28-80 mini zoom macro,
Minolta 75-300mm Minolta 50mm f1.7, Modified Minolta 35-70 (poor mans macro). Various filters and close up lenses. |
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kerrath
Senior Member Joined: 07 July 2012 Country: United States Location: LowerCalifornia Status: Offline Posts: 1672 |
Posted: 04 July 2013 at 07:51 | |
How about that! You're the only person on Dyxum I've encountered who knows that trick too (assuming you're using the F3.5-4.5 version). Excellent photos with it too. I particularly like the last bumblebee photo. |
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Bobby1970
Senior Member Joined: 15 April 2013 Country: United Kingdom Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Posts: 158 |
Posted: 04 July 2013 at 08:13 | |
Thanks for the comment. It is the f3.5-4.5 version. Got it for next to nothing attached to an old Dynax body.
I tried it with my old A100 previously but the A57 makes it so much easier with focus peaking and the fast rate of shooting. |
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Sony A57, Sony A100, 18-55mm Kit lens. Sigma 28-80 mini zoom macro,
Minolta 75-300mm Minolta 50mm f1.7, Modified Minolta 35-70 (poor mans macro). Various filters and close up lenses. |
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IA
Senior Member Joined: 16 September 2008 Location: Greece Status: Offline Posts: 468 |
Posted: 05 July 2013 at 20:35 | |
MichelvA
Alpha Eyes group Knowledge Base Contributor Joined: 26 April 2008 Country: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 20584 |
Posted: 05 July 2013 at 21:36 | |
Nice background! Main subject has little what's in focus though..
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IA
Senior Member Joined: 16 September 2008 Location: Greece Status: Offline Posts: 468 |
Posted: 05 July 2013 at 21:58 | |
In the specific photo i was more interested in the silhouette and the total isolation of the subject than the sharpness and the texture. i believe that works effectively that way On the other hand maybe overdid a bit Thanks for the comment |
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Pavel
Senior Member Joined: 23 April 2007 Country: Czech Republic Location: The Hague Status: Offline Posts: 2597 |
Posted: 05 July 2013 at 22:49 | |
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Kilkry
Senior Member Joined: 06 August 2008 Country: Sweden Location: ISO1600 Status: Offline Posts: 2782 |
Posted: 06 July 2013 at 07:14 | |
Arion ater w. Tamron 20A.
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Matt
Senior Member Joined: 30 November 2005 Country: Netherlands Location: Limburg Status: Offline Posts: 742 |
Posted: 06 July 2013 at 10:07 | |
Wet Bumblebee
Wet Bumblebee by Matt H. Imaging, on Flickr A55 + Minolta 100mm f/2.8 Macro D, 1/640, f/9, ISO400 |
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Lagrimon
Senior Member Joined: 14 January 2010 Country: Spain Location: Canary islands Status: Offline Posts: 174 |
Posted: 10 July 2013 at 01:46 | |
Since i don't have the wonderful 3x-1x Pavel has (I wish i did ), yesterday i gave a try to an old Minolta MC 50mm f1.4 reversed on my Minolta 100.
I wanted to tell kerrath the advantages of this setup against a single reversed lens, as you dont have to close diaphragm on the reversed lens, so you don't loose light when focusing, making it much easier. Another advantage is that changing focus in the 100mm from infinite to 1:1, gives you some sort of zoom, which helps have a better composition or choose between different degrees of ampliation. These shots were taken with the 100mm focused to infinity, which gives a 2:1 ampliation, i think focused to 1:1 gives around 2.7:1 ( tomorrow I'll do some measured test to be sure). Subjects are an adult an a young scantius aegyptius. This one has a slight crop. f/25, 1/50, ISO 1600, handheld (with a finger on the stone), natural light, manual exposure. This one is made of two shots, since it didn't fit complete in a single shot. f/25, 1/50, ISO 1600, handheld (with a finger on the stone), natural light, manual exposure. And this was made today with the same setup, to give an idea of the size of subjets. f/29, 3.2s, ISO 1600, camera on the table. Since i could not go under 1/50, all I could close was f/25, so next step is to build a DIY diffuser for the Sony twin flash (i don't think the one that comes with it will be soft enough for this), so I will be able to close to f/32 and have a better speed (it took me like 40 shots to get these acceptable ones). |
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Macroine addicted, not natural to english language.
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rickztahone
Senior Member Joined: 11 June 2011 Country: United States Location: Pacoima CA Status: Offline Posts: 4878 |
Posted: 10 July 2013 at 03:43 | |
Lagrimon, thanks for the explanation and thanks for sharing your methods, much appreciated.
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[URL=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickztahone/]Flickr |
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Lagrimon
Senior Member Joined: 14 January 2010 Country: Spain Location: Canary islands Status: Offline Posts: 174 |
Posted: 10 July 2013 at 18:09 | |
I didn't want to get boring, but i thought some explanations could help someone, thank you for appreciating it Rick.
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Macroine addicted, not natural to english language.
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bigsi
Senior Member Joined: 14 February 2010 Country: United Kingdom Location: Cornwall Status: Offline Posts: 2776 |
Posted: 26 July 2013 at 23:33 | |
You win or you learn....
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Gary C
Groupie Joined: 29 June 2013 Country: United States Location: Washington Status: Offline Posts: 121 |
Posted: 27 July 2013 at 01:41 | |
I saw a Minolta Bellows on ebay, with a Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 lens, and the MD to A-mount adapter, and I think it was a very good price, so I bought it. Well, I'll tell you, I don't know that much about Macro Photography, and I sure could use some help with this thing. I think the first thing that I'm going to have to do is to find a smaller lens. I have to be back a substantial distance, imagine FEET instead of inches, to get the thing in focus. I'm pretty sure a 50mm lens will allow me to get closer.
Anyway, I took it out today, and photographed a couple of things. One of them was this flower. Shot with my Sony A58, 1/100th of a second. I didn't note the actual f/stop, but I think it was either f/11 or f/16. Compulsary flash Tweaked in Lightroom 4.4 Critique, comments, suggestions, and ideas are all appreciated. Anyone may rework this photograph for a comparison. Gary |
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