On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 4, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> It's not a Macro lens, but it can focus down to 1:4 magnification >> making it a useful near-macro. Macro is one of the most abused terms >> out there for lens designations, very few zooms have real macro >> capability, although there are a few which can do 1:2 magnification >> (the real minimum to be a proper macro lens) but typically lack the >> flat field projection which is a requirement for most macro work. > > Thanks, Adam. About the time bidding was coming to an end on the 70-210, > bidding was also coming to an end an smc a 100mm macro. I have the m version, > and was tempted to go for the a, but it would have been a real extravagance > for me. Perhaps another time.
I have used this lens in 'macro" a few times and it does a decent job. Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
