Hi Kostas, The reason a macro performs so well at close distances is that the elements are designed to give a flat field, sharpness from edge to edge.
Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:17 AM Subject: RE: what's your favorite Pentax macro? > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, David Madsen wrote: > > > and all around fun to use. However, if I had it to do over again... I once > > borrowed the FA 50mm 2.8 to shoot photos of my grandfather's flower garden. > > Amazing results. Blown up to 12x18 it is flawless. They each have their > > own set of advantages, but if straight up image quality is what you want, > > get the FA 50mm 2.8, you won't regret it. > > I have the FA50/1.7. This is not a Macro lens, but it focuses down to > 0.45m. The FA50/2.8 goes down to 0.19. Is that the only reason to get > a macro lens, or am I missing something? > > And yes, even if you don't know the answer, you can bet it's the > latter :-) > > Regards, > Kostas >
