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FocalSpeed
4th of February 2004 (Wed), 22:17
Ok, I bought 2 adaptor rings one 52mm's one 58mm's, the lens adapter (LA-DC58) for the G2, and I used an Canon FD Lens 50mm 1:1.8.

I Tried takign some pictures but I wanted to know is this how its supposed to come out? I put the apreture wide open, set the focus on the FD lens to infinity.

Here is the resulting photo, I had no subject since I was at work, but I shot a picture of piece of bread :oops:

http://www.chaudtight.com/mani/macrotest.jpg <<< Here is the resulting picture, my question was that, is that how it comes out? With all that black area?
FocalSpeed
4th of February 2004 (Wed), 22:31
http://www.chaudtight.com/mani/pennymacro.jpg

Here is a better example... Are these close enough? I saw the picture of the fly, and do you think I would be able to come up with a clsoe up like that? Because that was pretty impressive.
tonymac
8th of February 2004 (Sun), 10:43
Are you zooming in with the G2? I use a 50mm f/2 Pentax lens with my G3 at full zoom. The corners are always dark, but the image fills the frame much better than your sample shots. I would think your 1.8 lens should fill the frame better than mine.
FocalSpeed
8th of February 2004 (Sun), 13:22
Nope I'm not zooming in at all, the apreture is wide open as well... I might as well go pick up an FD 1.4 or maybe try to find an FD 1.2. They aren't that expensive in the end.

One more thing, should I be zooming in? I set the focus on infinity on the FD lens and on the G2 aswell, and just focus with moving the camera.
tonymac
8th of February 2004 (Sun), 15:19
Yes, you need to zoom all the way in with the G3.
FocalSpeed
8th of February 2004 (Sun), 21:06
Yes, you need to zoom all the way in with the G3.

Wow, yes it worked, thanks alot for taking your time and answering my question, now I' even happier that I chose to do this setup :D

I'm not having such a good day but later on I'll take some pics if I come up with anything cool :idea:
pradeep1
22nd of February 2004 (Sun), 19:01
Scott Dommin has done a lot of work in this field. He regularly contributes to this forum, so do a search on sdommin to find his macro work. You might be able to pick up something very useful from conversing with him directly.