On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:41 -0500, "Darren Addy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the best VALUE, out there is the Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 Macro, > though it will only do 1:2 without an extention tube or teleconverter. > As Mike mentioned, Tamron made a very good macro 2x for it. The other > nice thing about that lens is that you can buy it in ANY camera mount > and then get the adaptall for K mount. The cheapest route will be to > get the K/M adaptall mount and use it with the green button. The more > expensive K/A adaptall mount can be added later for more convenient > use.
I'll second that opinion. I've had one of these for about 20 years and it remains one of my favourites. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > I also really like the S-M-C Takumar 50mm Macro f/4. Such a good lens. > (You'll need the m42 adapter for it). Also only reaches 1:2 without > adapter. > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- 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.
