A sample from the FA*200/4 macro on the K-5, 1/20 @ f/10… http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h769d93cd#h769d93cd
stan > On Apr 29, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There were legendary A* 200 macros, I know some list members have a copy. One > on eBay right now with a BIN of $3300 IIRC. That is a fair price. > There were a handful of FA* 200 macros; I had one and sold it to another list > member. > > And there have been some off-brand 180mm macros with a good reputation. > > But the market for macro lenses in general and for long macros in particular > just doesn’t seem to support a high volume (and lower cost) product. > > stan > >> On Apr 29, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It seems that the longest macro currently produced for K-mount might be >> about 100mm. I've heard mention of a 200mm, and I have an old manual focus >> 135 1:2 macro. >> >> Two part question: >> >> What are the options for long focal length macros? How are they optically? >> Are there any teleconverters that do well? Or, am I just better off >> cropping tighter? >> >> In a similar vein, are there technical reasons for the dearth of long macro >> lenses? Or is it just that the market for them is too small for them to be >> commercially viable? >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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.
