My two cents is that autofocus is for wussies. Autofocus on a macro is for really silly wussies.
I think the operative question is what KIND of macro you shoot. Both 35mm and 50mm are going to put you very close to the object being photographed. If it is a live thing that can get spooked and move away, then neither of them will do the job and you need a longer macro. I've got an S-M-C 50mm Macro f4, which I like very much. Also a Tamron SP 90mm Macro f2.5 (1:2 without extender/tc) and a Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 (Bokina) with matching teleconverter (1:2/1:1) - all manual focus. Together they cost me less than half the price of the DA 35mm Macro (although images taken with that lens are very fetching). -- 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.
