The dust is visible in the captured image. I did a rough test shoot, and it was visible from 5,6 and up. I know I can't expect much of AF at close range. What bothers me is that AF hoovers from 2m to infinity.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28. oktober 2005 19:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: My new Macro - a lemon. > > The dust would probably bother me. Is the dust visible in the captured > image? If not, then maybe it's not a big issue. > > AF on a macro, especially at close distances is virtually useless. I > almost > always use the FA 100/2.8 in MF mode. It hunts and searches like crazy in > AF when attempting to close distance focus. At that shallow of DOF, it > likely will not obtain critical focus on the part of the subject you wish > it > to anyway. If you were to use it as standard lens and shoot an object a > couple of meters away to infinity, AF should act pretty much as one would > expect. > > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: My new Macro - a lemon. > >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:42:45 +0200 > > > >The FA50/2,8 came today. Very disappointing. > > > >First, there is dust in it. Visible from 5,6 and up. > >Second, it behaves strangely when stepping up or down. It zooms out when > >going down at close range. > >Third, the AF is extremely poor. I could live with that, but on top of > the > >dust and the tendency to zoom... No way. > > > >I'll give it a second try, because it was cheap. But most likely I'll > send > >the seller a mail telling him what I think about it. > > > > > >Tim > >Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > >Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > >(Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > > > >
