> AFAIK most of the 100mm Macro lenses are fine, even the cheap > Pentax 100/3.5 (at least optically).
I have never used the 100/3.5, but I have used several other 100-ish macro lenses (90mm-105mm), and I have to say that I've never had a bad one. All that I've used have been really quite good, so I would have to agree with "most of the 100mm Macro lenses are fine". Fred
