I have the last-gen Pentax D-FA 100mm f2.8 (since superseded by the "WR" version) and it does a fine macro. It also has the virtue of being a WONDERFUL portrait lens. -T
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > "Collin Brendemuehl" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>While almost everything that I'm shooting looks great with just the 18-55 >>there are some small items which would look much better with a macro lens. >>Small bearings come out just "ok" but we want a little bit of improvement. >>I'm thinking of bringing in my FA28-80 macro just to see how well it performs. >>Another option is the A50/2.8 macro. >>But what are some other options that you think I should consider? > > Look for some third-party manual focus macro lenses. In fact, one of > the Vivitar 70-210 Series 1 zooms would be good if you don't need to > go to 1:1 > > > -- > 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.
