What about the set of rings Pentax offered to get macro. What would be better: the Panagor macrozoomring or these Pentax rings? Seems ot me the zoom offers much mnore flexibility and less switching of lenses/rings.
:-) Paul Delcour > From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:15:30 +0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Long zoom macro lens? > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 02:15:37 -0400 > > Hi! > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:09:38 +0530 > "Gaurav Aggarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have been reading the posts for around 5-6 months now. I have a >> Pentax ME Super with M50/1.7 (and a PZ-1 also which I don't use >> though). >> >> I now realize that I would like to have a longish zoom for taking >> portraits of family, street photography, birds etc. Also, I have >> never done macro but would want that feature as well. > > You already have 50/1.7 and ME Super. May I suggest slightly different > approach? You could look for Panagor Macro Converter ($20 or so I > think). It would turn your 50/1.7 into "macro zoom" lens with macro > factor changing from 1:10 to 1:1 (lifesize). The weight of converter > is no more than 200 gr. Adding to that weight of 50 mm lens, I think > your weight requirement will be met. The results however are most > probably better than any zoom lens with macro setting. Notice that you > would be using a 50 mm prime as an optical basis. > > You can see few photos I made with this combo here: > http://www.geocities.com/dunno57/macro-photos.htm. > By the way all shots there were made handheld... > > As a starting kit for Macro Work I think this is very viable option. > > Good hunting. > > Boris >
