Thanks Rob! I do have a 1.4x Tamron I'd forgotten about. I'll give it a try, 70 would be just right. And be able to stay at F2 if needed.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Filling the 50-85mm gap. > > > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Any suggestions, other than the 77Ltd. (Which I can't afford) > > for manual focus primes to fill the gap between 50 and 85mm? > > I'm good down to 16mm and up to 400, but 50-85 is a pretty big > > hole, and I'd rather not fill it with a zoom. > > I was thinking of the K35/2 with a good 7 element 2x but I hate to > > do that to that nice lens. ;-/ > > > > Don > > Hmmm, if you consider 50-85 to be a big gap just how many primes are you > going to carry around with you? I find a 1.4x converter fills > in the gaps > nicely between primes and solves the problem of how much weight > I'm prepared > to lug around. > > 1.4x converters have an easier time and generally yield better > results than > you get from the normal 2x jobbies. I would hesitate to use a > converter on > a wide angle lens, however a 1.4x converter on a 50 is an ideal > combination, > should give you the focal length you are looking for. > > I use an old DOI 1.4 converter that is stunningly good and a > fraction of the > size of any 2x converter - so small you don't notice it. The DOI > came top in > a comprehensive converter shootout in Amateur Photographer at the > time yet, > if you see one, you probably won't need to pay much more than a tenner for > it. > > Or the 40mm pancake with the 1.7xAF converter could be fun - I wouldn't > expect the results to be as good though. > > Rob. > > >
