Re: I'm Baaad - Enablement, A* 300/4

[Peter J. Alling]

While I agree that the F* has a much closer close focus, for a better 
reproduction ratio, the M*/A*
F4.0 are much more compact.

Fred wrote:
Minimum focus of 4m is a bit of a > bummer but I can live with it
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Get yourself a set of extension tubes.  They will get you closer.
   

Yes indeed, as Bob has suggested.  I've used the shortest tube of
the Pentax Extension Tube Set K on an A* 300/4, simply to get the
close focus point closer (for a shot of a squirrel sunning itself on
the back porch railing too close for the lens to focus on alone).
(This reminds me of another advantage of the F* 300/4.5 over the A*
300/4 - I think its close focus point is about half as close.)
Fred