I just bought a M 100/2.8 on your advice. I don't need a macro, but I did need a 100/105 lens for field portraits of handlers with their dogs. This is probably one of the easiest lens to focus for a guy who went mostly to AF because of bad eyes. I love this lens. Thanks for your great contributions to the PDML.
Ken On Saturday 15 June 2002 02:16 am, Mark Cassino wrote: > On macro vs non macro lenses: I have an M 100 f2.8 and a Kiron 105mm > f2.8 macro (identical to the Vivitar Series 1 100mm f2.5). With the M > lens it takes about a 100 degree turn of the lens to move form > infinity to 2 meters focus distance. With the Kiron it takes about a > 30 degree twist. Yes - you can keep turning the Kiron forever till > it gets to 1:1, but for fine adjustment of focus at longer working > distances, non macros are better. (And thanks to Valentin Donisia who > taught me this - though I argued the point with him at the time!) -- Ken Archer Canine Photography San Antonio, Texas "Business Is Going To The Dogs"
