Shel wrote: >Why would anyone want an autofocus macro lens? I > just don't understand that. Everything I understand about macro > photography suggests that you want to be very precise with focus in order > to obtain maximum DOF, or very specific DOF, and leaving that precision to > autofocus seems an odd thing to do.
AF works wonder with moving subjects as long as you are not exactly at 1:1 (then theres only one direction to focus!). It works for insects (with flash naturally). Even insects on grass that moves back and forth in the wind. The predictive AF manages a hit rate in this circumstance of more than 80%. Not bad for back and forth movement. It would be virtually hopeless with manual focus... I've read countless times that AF doesn't work for macro but this is always from Nikon and Canon shooters. It certainly work on a Pentax, but then Pentax doesn't trade AF precision with speed... BTW I don't think you can find a better telephoto lens than the FA* 200/4 Macro ED IF. Pål
