I don't seem to be able to find the original message though I remember
reading it... Getting senile, I may be...
As for the question in hand. Galia's been using D-FA 50/2.8 macro as her
standard lens with great success both for close up and regular
photography. This lens seems to be pretty much ideal sans rather flimsy
two-cam barrel design and somewhat slow maximal aperture. However for
macro lens it is normal, as the likes of Zeiss 50/2.0 macro (or is it
maKro ? :-) ) cost several times as much. Additionally, it is very sharp
even wide open and the sharpness is uniform across the frame, so that
whatever is missing in speed is compensated by Galia's K-5's sensor.
If one wants to go really cheap I can totally recommend FA 100/3.5
macro. Galia has one and uses it occasionally with good results as well.
It would be worth one's while to look for matching filter that makes it
true 1:1 macro. It also suffers from rather plastic build, but optically
it is really very good and rather inexpensive.
Boris
On 12/1/2012 11:32 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I use my Pentax-A 50/2.8 macro almost exclusively these days.
(It also covers all my cliché shots.)
They run from $100 to $150. F/2.8 is reasonably fast. And the "A" is nice
for DSLR use.
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