What Adam said. Does nicely at lerger distances as well. Regards, Lucas
Op Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:00:39 +0100 schreef Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And the similar Tamron SP 90/2.5 macro is superb (if you can find a K > Adaptall mount), so is their 90/2.8 AF Macro. > > -Adam > > On 1/19/08, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Don't forget the classic Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5. It's a big heavy >> metal brute, but it's an amazing performer. It's 1:2 alone or 1:1 >> with it's optical adapter attached. It was very expensive when first >> released some thirty or more years ago. These days it can be had for >> $150 or less on ebay. There are later Vivitar macros that are just >> okay. Only the first version with the optical adapter for 1:1 is >> truly outstanding. >> Paul >> On Jan 19, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> > Pentax D FA 100/2.8 Macro or the FA 100/2.8 Macro or the F 100/2.8 >> > Marco or the A100/2.8 Macro are all good lenses and about half the >> > price of the Voigtlander 125 f2.5 APO-Lanthar. For 1 to 1 macro >> > shooting, these are very good and the extra working distance of the >> > 100mm vs the 50mm is a real plus. A cheaper alternative would be the >> > Pentax M 100mm f4 Macro or that Cosina f3.5 macro. I would try the >> > sincle lens macro before going to abellows set-up. Working with the >> > bellows really slows things down... >> > Regards, Bob S. >> > >> > On Jan 19, 2008 8:12 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Voigtlander 125 f2.5 APO-Lanthar. >> >> >> >> Not the cheapest option, but it's one of the nicest lenses I've >> >> ever used. >> >> >> >> They're no longer in production so get one while you can. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Dave. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 19, 2008 11:34 AM, jon carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ya'll, >> >>> Haven't really been active lately but have found this list very >> >>> helpful in the past. >> >>> >> >>> One of the things I absolutely love about my wee point-and-shoot >> >>> is the macro mode but sometimes I'm without the PnS so I'm >> >>> looking for suggestions on a macro kit for the DSLR. My current >> >>> DSLR kit is a K10D, both DA* zooms, DA 70 limited and the DA 40 >> >>> limited (soon to be replaced with the 21). Anyway, I've been >> >>> thinking of getting the FA 50/1.4 and a bellows so that I can >> >>> start taking some macro shots with the big cam. One of the >> >>> reasons I like this idea is that this kit would be dual purpose. >> >>> The 50/1.4 seems like it would work well for macro *and* it would >> >>> be nice to have at least one fast lens in the kit. However, I'd >> >>> love to hear some other suggestions. I've noticed a 100 f/4 seems >> >>> to be a popular choice so I'd love to hear opinions on that lens. >> >>> I'd also like to hear what some have to say about lighting >> >>> products as well. Basically, I'm about to invest and would like >> >>> to feel confident that I'm making the right choices. >> >>> Thanks in advance, >> >>> -jon >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> PDML@pdml.net >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> >> and follow the directions. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> > and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
