OT: Just an Experiment

[bmattock]

Please forgive an OT post;

Took this shot today in my front yard with my new Pentax *ist DS. The lens is a Kodak Aero-Ektar 7 inch f/2.5 which I boogered up with a focusing mount and the P/K-M42 adapter on the DSLR. Shot wide-open on a tripod (who could hand-hold this monster?). This lens hacking is fun stuff.

No Photoshop jiggery-pokery, either. Just lined up the geranium in front of a day lillie and let shallow DOF do the rest.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[stet]

wow -- that looks amazing!

 

[former member]

VERY NICE!

Post over at the DSLR site as well. It is "slowly" picking up...Needs more stuff like this!

 

[bmattock]

Thanks for the kind words - I will post it on DSLR. By the way, just FYI, the Aero-Ektar is a WWII bomber camera lens. It's cool. Same lens that David Burnett put on a Speed Graphic last year and covered the presidential elections with.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[former member]

I have a Perkin-Elmer 12" F4 lens that is probably off of an RF101. I need to do something with it!

 

[denishr]

Bill, that's veeeeery nice 🙂

I've been thinking of getting an Aero Ektar myself - the same FL as yours (7 in.)... I'd like to use it on the 4x5 Speed Graphic for the shallow DOF.... We'll see 🙂
The postage will be enormous, though 🙁

Anyway, don't be shy, show us some more 😉

Denis

 

[peter_n]

WOW!! Unbelievable!