Pentax make an FA 50mm f/2.8 lens that focuses down to 7 5/8" in macro mode. Is that close enough? With FA capabilities, it could be used with many of their later reputedly easy-to-use camera bodies. <g>
keith whaley gfen wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Joe Wilensky wrote: > > What's the combo you'd recommend? Is there a Pentax zoom with a macro > > function even close to the Sigma's specs? And what body? the ZX-7? > > ZX-60? ZX-5N? ZX-L? > > The ZX-L is probably the way to go for a body. Its new, and user friendly, > and has lots of blinky blinky lights, which is all I really look for in a > camera. :) > > Lots of the longer zooms go into telephoto at the end, I have a > Quantaray/Sigma 70-300 APO that will go into 1:2 or thereabouts macro at > the long end. Its servicable, although I'm also a big fan of just using my > 50mm and doing the closest focussing I can.
