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D70 + K1 + 18-70 results


greglyon

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I decided to try out my K1 ring with my D70 and kit lens just for

kicks.

 

In case you don't know about this setup, the K1 ring is a very thin

extension tube for wide angle lenses. Since it transmits no lens

info to the camera it renders my 18-70 as a manual lens. Also, since

it's a G lens that means I'm stuck with minimum aperture, f22.

That's OK though since it's gonna be a macro shot and DOF is hard to

come by.

 

Everything seems to mount OK with reasonable clearance between

contacts on the camera, lens and the K1 ring itself. I was afraid

I'd have to modify my K1 ring somehow, but it doesn't appear to be

necessary. (However, you take full responsibility if you try it and

it breaks something on your lens or camera!)

 

A quick test showed me that the area of focus is from about 3/4" in

front of the lens to about 1 1/4" at minimum focus; about 1" to 2" at

infinity focus.

 

This lens isn't known for it's straight lines anyway...but they

really distort at this magnification. Also C.A. was pretty extreme.

In photoshop CS camera raw I moved both sliders to +100 to limit it

somewhat!

 

All said, it should make for some interesting closeups.<div>00CkQz-24450184.jpg.df5ddbe3f2117eaf7144999bdd4a2d1b.jpg</div>

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