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Leica Elpro 12 11 Adapter for 100mm f28

I have some experience with dragonflies. I tried to chase them but they are always faster than me and my camera. Waiting and focusing at the point where they will land seems to be more fruitful.

My work only allows me to take sharp photos, but at leisure I do use f2.8 and f4 to get the results described by Francis.

I saw a guy in the tele once that he put two flashes over his shoulders and he is an enthusaist in insect photography. The use of f8 and f11 might help as insects are so difficult to focus.

DMR seems to have a better dynamic range than the Canon bodies. I tend to go for Canon 5D as I always prefer full frame bodies. Apart from having R lenses, I have a lot of Zeiss lenses and going for Canon seemed to be a better choice for me.

In terms of resolutions, I find a simple camera like Sony 717 being absolutely sufficient for my work. At leisure, I prefer to shoot film with the great R and M lenses with excellent dynamic range. I tried digital for pleasure but I find digital workflow quite tiresome. I remember spending a few hours on just one shot to get the colour balance right. I would rather send everything to the shop and get them processed.

At the moment, I am thinking about 5D. I believe I might think about it for a long time.
 
Well, at least wild flowers stay still, sometimes! Wind being a real problem. There are quite a few reasons why I won't be getting the DMR, the question of full frame being one of them. The other main reason is that I would have to upgrade my R6, and the combination of DMR+R8 or R9 + 100/2.8 is just too heavy to carry all day in the field. Advancing age doesn't just affect eyesight!
 
Moving from an R6 to an R8 orR9, is a change.
Whether it's an "upgrade" is questionable.
Certainly I and many others don't see it that way.
 
My R6 is the first version. I think the R6 in both iterations has a classical simplicity that really appeals to me. It's light and compact, too. If I got the R8 or R9 because I 'had' to have the DMR I certainly wouldn't trade in my R6. I probably should have got a Canon D so that I could use my Leitz lenses, but got a Pentax *ist D instead; before I got my R6 I had a Spotmatic with some of those fine Pentax M42 lenses.
 
I have to say I love the 21-35 Asph on my Canon 1Ds Mk II ...

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Hi: Can you give us some idea about how you like the Pentax? I believe a new version of the istD was just annnounced. Do you have the newest version?

Thanks for your input.

Elliot
 
I have the *ist D, which was the first Pentax D Model. I haven't kept track of the newer iterations. I like the *ist D very well. It's 6MP, which I find quite adequate, light, easy to use and is backward compatible with Pentax and M42 lenses. Having said this, I don't think the results can quite compare, even with some of the wonderful Super and SMC Takumar lenses, to my R6 with Leitz 100/2.8 and Provia 100F slide. But D photography with my Pentax is a whole lot of fun; I particularly like seeing a histogram just after I've taken an exposure which gives me the opportunity to adjust settings. I'll post an ex&le when I've sent this email.
 
Pentax *ist D, Pentax 77/1.8 Limited, Hoya +4 Filter.
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I particularly like the bokeh produced by this lens.
 
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