I have this lens and it's really good. Since it's relatively slow,
the front element is small and so deeply recessed that the lens is
very resistant to flare and ghosting. I think you made an excellent
purchase.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał / wrote:
> I just bought an SMC-M 50/4.0 macro on eBay for what seemed like a
good
> price ($93.00 in mint condition, with case) so I thought that I'd
solicit
> comments *after* the fact ;-P (It was kind of an impulse purchase).
>
> I really bought it for my S.O. to use as a "normal" lens: She's
suddenly
> outgrown the Pentax P&S I bought her last year (anyone interested
in an
> IQ Zoom 105R?), mainly because she loves to shoot close-ups of
desert plants
> and such and the parallax problem of the P&S was driving her nuts.
She also
> had problems using the two different "macro" settings on the camera
and
> confirming that what she wanted to shoot was what was in focus. The
ME Super
> I just gave her should take care of the parallax issue and the
50/4.0 should
> let her shoot from infinity to as close as she cares to get! I
thought at
> first that an f4.0 would be too slow for a general purpose lens,
but since
> there are plenty of new SLR users whose only lens is a f3.5 or f4.0
consumer
> zoom I decided it would probably work OK. She'll be shooting ISO
200-400
> color neg mostly, at least at first.
>
> So is this lens decent? (KEH wants obscene prices for them)
>
>
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