ANTSTORE World of Ants

[miszt]

Not diversus, but i dont mind, its a new species, so will be interesting to see what it does diffrently

Also ordered myself a new camera, a Pentax k100D with a 9-100mm extention tube, so shuld have sum nice pics to! was only £215/€300, less than half its retail value

[darradar]

hmm, so tell me where did you bag that bargain?.... im about to spend £200 but dont mind paying a little more for a better camera...

[miszt]

ebay run a search for pentax k100D, theres a few left at £215 buy now be quick tho, they are ex display, and will sell very fast! the extention tube i got seperatly, its not a autofocus tube, but thats fine, coz for good macro shots, manual is better

[ant dude]

cant wait 2 see some pics miszt, they sound rather intresting lol

[SteveUK28]

yes i do agree.. These pics should be fantastic now m8

[darradar]

hmm i went for my original option a sony cybershot H9...... im sure it will do me, i do lots of bird watching, and need a nice quick zoom for the perfect shot..!!

[mpir]

Also ordered myself a new camera, a Pentax k100D with a 9-100mm extention tube

Nice camera man, I considered it for a while as it got nice reviews everywhere. The thing that put me off was small choice of lenses. So now I have Canon Eos 40D.

WTH is 9-100 mm extention tube??? I know there are 25 mm, 50 mm, 100mm, but 9-100 I haven´t heard about. Any links?

What kind of lense did you buy with the camera?

[miszt]

Theres a few diffrent extention tubes about, u can get them much longer, the on I have is acutually a 66 and 44 combined (both made up of smaller ones)

I'm using the standard kit lens 18-55 (2.5-5.6) nice and fast I will be using a reversing ring aswell, as the extention tube reduces the light quiet a bit, hopefully will find a nice zoom aswell....so all joined together...

80-300mm zoom > 100m extention tube > reversing ring + 18-55 should = some pretty damn good macro shots


the k100D also has image stabalization, from what I've read this is digital stablization, but there is a dedicated 0.8mp for that, so you dont loose any resolution

[mpir]

80-300mm zoom > 100m extention tube > reversing ring + 18-55 should = some pretty damn good macro shots

Hmm... I don´t have enough experience to be the judge of it, but as far as I know (my theoretical knoledge) ... 100 mm extension tube will take a lot of light, also 80-300 zoom is probably not f/1,2 so I think to make a good makro photo you will need very strong light and an ant standing perfectly still. I have doubts that you will make good photo with this set up...if any at all... but then again my knoledge is only theoretical. I´ve never tried it myself.

Good luck anyway

[miszt]

yeah for sure, i will use it in combination with a lens lighting cap and a fast shutter speed, i'm not going to try the zoom lens just yet, will get to grips with the lighting and arp settings with the tube first

[Necturus]

Heya,
waiting for some pics:)
You ever feel you have to much cash? Adopt a student! im poor as..whatever comparison fits.
Necturus

[miszt]

lol i am poor, i juz dont drink as much beer as students

[JimmyVe]

In deed miszt, don't keep us waiting on the pictures.

[Necturus]

lol i am poor, i juz dont drink as much beer as students

great comeback!

[SteveUK28]

lol yes it was way to go John