anthonygeo Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Has anyone come across these lenses? I cant find any articles saying that a macro lens exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 The P3 is a 35mm manual-focus camera body. It should be able to mount any of Pentax's K-mount macro lenses including the latest D-FA Macro 50 or 100mm. What is the source of your "P3 Macro Lens" reference? -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonygeo Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 I just did a search on Google for Pentax P3 macro lens and nothing comes up. I did a yahoo search as well and no luck. Are you sure they will fit or you assume the K macro lenses will fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I have never heard of a lens called P3, but I have a P3n camera that will take and meter any K mount lens. It also with adapter takes screw mount lenses and meters in stop down manual. In all, I have nine Pentax lens, one non-Pentax screw mount, and four Leica screw mount lenses (for Macro), and they all work fine on my P3n body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_b9 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Anthony, The P3 is a camera. Pentax has made a whole range of macro lenses that will work on this body, including 50mm and 100mm K and M lenses, and 50 and 100mm A lenses. Even the more recent FA lenses will work. The current DA macro lenses are for digital only, and not for this camera. -j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy_macmahon1 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 A comprehensive (I think!) database of Pentax lenses can be found at http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ No P3 macro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Anthony, show us where you saw "Pentax P3 Macro Lens" and we'll help clear up the confusion. We are all pretty sure that the Pentax P3 is (was) a camera body, and most likely not a lens, macro or otherwise. There are numerous macro lenses that can be mounted to this body, as the other posters have noted. -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonygeo Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 Haha I didnt say im looking for a lens called P3 Macro! I know what camera I have I just want to know what macro lenses I can get. It was something like this. Excuse my ignorance I know nothing of the slr accessories. Is there not a macro lens that screws onto the tip of a regular lens? http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-K-Mount-49mm-Lens-Reversing-Ring-Macro-Close-Up_W0QQitemZ120086015723QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4688QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://images.marketworks.com/fullView.asp?id=12699492&fc=0&img=http://images.marketworks.com/hi/62/62272/pkrev52.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Next time you ask a question, perhaps a little more information would be nice. That being said: In addition to dedicated macro lenses like D-FA 50mm F/2.8 and 100mm F/2.8, to reduce minimum focusing distance and increase magnification you can: 1. use extension tubes, mounted between the lens and body 2. mount a 2nd lens (like a normal 50mm) reversed; there are adapters to allow the fronts of two lenses to couple via the filter threads 3. Use an add-on close-up lens I think you're talking about #3, though convenient and relatively inexpensive, probably the worst of these four options from a quality standpoint. They are often produced by filter manufacturers such as B+W, and they install in the same manner. I think they can be stacked to combine magnification. I would be curious as to just how well these work. I suspect you are restricted to very close work in that when attached you are restricted to close focus only. Perhaps someone here has tried these... -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Anthony: Sorry, I didn't initially check your links. Those reversing rings are the adapters necessary to connect two lenses, coupled at the filter rings, with the second lens reversed; this is the method listed as #2 in my previous post. Basically, you need to have two lenses with the same filter size (49mm is common among Pentax primes) and you couple them with that adapter. -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonygeo Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 So are you guys saying you can mount the lenses backwards (with an adapter) for extra close up macro shots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Yes. As I haven't done this myself, I don't have a lot of details. I suggest entering "reverse mounting lens for macro" into your favorite web search engine (or even search photo.net). <P><A href=http://www.unswphotoclub.org/node/8?PHPSESSID=35fd3ea22d1a643f3023cd98f570bcc6>This is one site</A> I found that includes an explanation. <P>-Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonygeo Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 Thank you very much for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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