Steve, That's a tough request. You need an A series lens to get past the green button, and right there you've spent $100+. Most of the 100mm macro lenses are quite good, regardless of make, but few are 'A' type. You might try extension tubes on a 100mm lens, it's cheap. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:53 AM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > i've been doing a lot of macro with with my 16-45, and enjoying it a lot, > but also getting tired of crawling around on the ground; i've realized a > 100mm (or longer) macro could save my back a bit of wear; i'm fine with > manual focus, but would prefer aperture control (green button slows me down > a lot), so what would people recommend as a real value in this category > (sub-$100 on a good craig's list day)? > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.

