Following a massive outpouring of enthusiasm* yesterday, here are some more Kiev internals photos shots; this time shot with the Yashica 55mm macro:
The slots in the brass ring are used to set different shutter speeds. How this works in practice is currently a mystery to me.
The “how many shots I have taken” counter. Usually referred to after several shots have been taken and you then remember you forgot to set it to zero when you loaded the film.
Gears, springs, levers and dust.
It’s that shot counter again.
One of the problems of shooting with a macro lens is that the depth of field (the amount of the photo that is in focus) is small. The shot above was taken at F4 and the depth of field is minimal. It would be even less if I was close to the subject. Even if I maximise depth of field by increasing the F stop, you can’t get everything in focus. The shot below is at F11 and there is still blurring at distances away from the point of focus.
Neighbour Nik has been working on this problem for the last week or so; and he was very keen to borrow my camera mechanism to try out a technique known as focus stacking. Here is his resulting shot, taken with the same Yahsica lens:
Crispy!
This is achieved by focusing on one point and taking a shot. Then you move the focus point slightly and take another shot. Repeat. Then you use some specialist software to blend all the shots together. The above photo is a blend of forty individual images and took about two hours to produce. Well done Nik.
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2012-07-13| Spanky saysGreat pictures with a great lens. I bought mine for the princely sum of $31. I have seen them on Ebay recently for $200 or more. My friend wants one for his G2 but apparently the rest of the M4/3 world has caught on to this great performer of a macro lens.
2012-07-13| Chang Noi saysAgain ART with the biggest letters I could find on my keyboard. I love that out-of-focus fading. Seeing al those internal-mechanics photos I am almost considering to maybe open the more as 100year young morse-code machine that is being art (with small letters) in my living-room.