I'll second that vote. I use mine all the time when shooting beads & other small jewelry items, and it does a great job on those tiny specimens . I see them frequently at KEH...
:) -c On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the last-gen Pentax D-FA 100mm f2.8 (since superseded by the 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. -- 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.
