Kyocera Junk Macro — in Practice
I’m well aware, making lens etc is one thing and actually use it is the other.
Still, whether any worthwhile photo was created by it or not, is totally
different matter. —– I know, in this world, some of the people is having
a pleasure of possessing something rather than use it = just for a show-off
(of his, her wealth or So-called Good taste) —– and the manufacturer is
well aware of this phenomenon too. So that they are producing specifically
designed outrageously expensive model for this target, with “Art” or “Opus”
kind of the name. A camera, recently introduced from Leiz, Leica SL is one of
the extreme case, = the camera which can takes more or less the same kind of
picture but priced whopping $7450 for body. Even if non of the photographer
would buy it, still 10 of the “Leica Collector” in the world ought to buy = because,
it was made by Leiz and listed in their catalog. (Collection has to be complete.)
A Camera lens, I made out of junk
Camera has been with me a
while = waiting to encounter
good subject. ————————
Then, I found a tiny tiny dot on a Fig = it was an egg of the Green Lacewing.
Not very fashionable subject still, it is good for a macro-photography.
So, that’s how the top photo was made. ( x4 Magnification. though, quality
of the lens in comparison to my previous work, was not very impressive
—– shows chromatic aberration etc, hence, not very sharp.)
—– still, it was a proof that the lens was in operation.
(= I’m not feeling happy for just possessing the lens.) 🙂
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PS : In order to have a bit more sharpness and the evenness of the image,
I put a hole of Black tape to reduce the effective F-Aperture to half of the
diameter (equivalent of 2 F-stops down) = the image quality was dramatically
improved ! — You might be realized that how the optics behave in simple
manner and lost a faith to worship expensive lens. 😀
(In fact, we are paying for the Brand image, not necessary for the quality,
otherwise who pay £3000 to a plastic camera ?)
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Fantastic macros!
Thank you Elena.
I was so grateful to find that Green Lacewing body on the corner of my kitchen.
— then taking picture was the different matter = I had to stop my breath,
otherwise she would have been just blown away. 😀
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