I've got almost that with my Vivitar S1 90-180mm f4.5 flat field, only goes to 1:2 but it is a zoom, though a bit slow, very sharp though. I like the results from the Sigma. I still haven't dragged the Vivitar out to use it on a digital body yet.
Christian wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Last week Sigma finally got some 180mm f/3.5 lenses in Pentax mount and >> yesterday mine arrived. First impressions: Very well built and *very* >> fun to use! I hope to try my hand at some Mark Cassino-style insect >> macros before too long. >> >> In the meantime, I've been shooting things around the house, just >> playing around and discovering what this lens can do. Here's a shot of a >> dried rose in our living room: >> http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7d801410.htm >> >> And here's a 100% magnification crop: >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/rose2.jpg >> >> >> >> > > 180 macros are awesome bug lenses, really great working distance narrow > field of view and 1:1 reproduction. I've been lusting after the > darkside 180 3.5 L for a while now... The sigma looks pretty damn good too. > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
