> On 5/14/06, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience with the subject lens? I'm > > thinking about ordering one and I'd like to hear your opinions > > pro or con. > > Tom, > > If you enjoy serious macro photography, this lens is for you. It's > absolutely superb. > It takes out all the complexity of achieving high magnification with > high optical quality. > I'm enjoying it right now in the garden. Hopefuly I get some good > results, but with the MP-E65 I can concentrate on composition instead > of technicalities. > You do need flash illumination and a steady support to get good results. > > Do you have specific concerns? What is your main subject? What have > you used so far?
Hi Gerard. Thanks for the reply. I've used just about every piece of macro equipment out there so far including bellows, extension tubes, 50mm, 100mm and 200mm macro lenses and combinations of them with teleconverters. I haven't actually seen one but the MP-E seems to be a bellows lens attached to a variable length tube. Is that an accurate description? Does the MP-E have a focusing ring or is focusing accomplished by moving the lens? I shoot film and I have a 1V-HS and Sunpak DX-12 ringlight with the eos module so I should be set. I guess my biggest concerns are how much working distance I'd have at various magnifications and how dark the viewfinder gets at high magnifications. thanks again for your help. Tom Reese * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
