On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:15:21PM +0100, Pedro wrote: > > Anyway, I am mostly interested in trying street photography and macro. > Currently I have a basic 50mm lens (f1.7), which is not especially > suited for neither... > > As for macro, I must say I'm somewhat confused. I want to take close up > pictures of bugs and flowers and that sort of stuff, and I know I need a > macro lens to be able to focus real close, but what kind of focal > distance do I need?
Start off with just a set of extension tubes (cheap) and your 50mm lens. > I really have a difficult time picturing the field > of view at such close distances. Try it a few times - what you see through the viewfinder is what you'll end up with on the film. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
