Im not saying it cant be done, but in MY experience, its too tight when using 100mm for larger items. There is a lack of background and flattening of perspective I don't like with 100mm either.
Even a 50mm works out to a 75mm equiv which is still slightly flattening. There is also the practical aspect of having to back away too much with a 100mm. Sometimes I use my free hand/arm to stabilize the branch the flower is on and if you use 100mm you may be out of arms reach, which you're not if your closer with a 50mm. To each his own technique I guess.... ----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Advice on Selection of Macro Lens Quoting "J.C. O'Connell" <[email protected]>: > 90mm would be fine on 35mm film but on a pentax aps-c dslr its too long Well I've been using it for the last 7 years on APS-C but obviously I've been wrong. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Walters > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 11:41 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Advice on Selection of Macro Lens > > > Quoting "J.C. O'Connell" <[email protected]>: > >> warning - 100mm is best suited for very small items like insects or coins. >> its too long for larger items like general flowers and plants. Also, I >> would recommend manual focus lenses as manual focus seems to work best >> with macro and af lenses dont do mf that well. > > > That's not my experience. I find my 90mm macro just about perfect for > wildflower photography and for many years in the 70s and 80s that was > about the only photography I did. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > >> >> ----------------- >> J.C.O'Connell >> [email protected] >> ----------------- >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 9:16 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Advice on Selection of Macro Lens >> >> Thanks, William, Brian, Bruce, Collin, JC, Mark and Joe, for your >> interesting and very informative posts. >> >> I think I am leaning towards the Pentax D FA 100mm 2.8, but still >> thinking about it. >> >> Joe, I did quite a bit of work with extension tube when I used only my >> Asahi Spotmatic and my Honeywell Spotmatic. It was actually quite a >> bit of fun. I don't have either the eyesight or the patience to go >> back to extension tubes at this point in my life, however.. I think I >> need autofocus to get in the ball park before final adjustment in >> manual focus mode. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 8:50 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I use my SMC Pentax-A 50mm F2.8 almost exclusively for >>> product photography (ebay) and results are excellent. >>> Highly recommended for that usage. >>> >>> ----------------- >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> [email protected] >>> ----------------- >>> >>> >>> -- > > > -- > 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. -- Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
