Darren, You have to be careful. Just because your vision works perfectly, it's no reason to trash Autofocus. I've needed glasses for nearsightedness (+8 diopters) and an astigmatism, plus floaters (no help from the glasses), and now bifocals for reading. Making pictures in sharp focus has always been a challenge, and autofocus helps...even with the DFA100/2.8 Macro on the K-7. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > My apologies to any who were offended my my choice of words. For the > record, I was calling no person ridiculous. > I can certainly empathize with anyone who has special needs. However, > most people are not in that category, and yet feel that they MUST have > autofocus. It is like those without the need all feeling they need to > park in the "handicapped" parking spot. If one does not have special > needs, I encourage them to open their minds to manual focus lenses, if > they have not already done so. > > If you are an able-bodied person who regularly parks in handicapped > parking spots and are offended by this post, I apologize in advance. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, NE > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jerry in Arizona <glewis4...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> I am certainly glad that you are physically sound enough to use a manual >> focus macro (or any MF lens at all). There are those of us where being >> visually or physically disabled have severe problems with MF lenses. I >> suppose it might be helpful if you looked beyond beyond yourself before >> calling others "ridiculous." >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> IMHO, autofocus on a macro lens is ridiculous. >>> The greatest value in macro lenses that I have seen is the Tamron SP >>> 90mm f2.5 (either 52B or 52BB). WHAT a lens for very little money. >>> You'll need the matched Tamron converter (or any good 7 element macro >>> converter) to reach 1:1. Alternately, use an extension tube. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > "The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a > camera." > ~ Dorothea Lange > > "98% of all cameras and lenses are sharper than 99% of all photographers." > ~ Anonymous > > -- > 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.
