Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 2:06:33 PM, Paul wrote: PFS> The closest lenses that I know of are the following zooms:
PFS> 1 Tamron SP 70-210/3.5, 62mm filter, made 1984-? manual focus. 1:2.6 PFS> continuous. Close focus 2 ft, 9 in.0.85 m. However, one owner wrote of it: I have the Tamron, and the macro performance is rather poor. At normal (portrait to infinity) distances it's an outstanding lens though. There is also the Tamron SP 70-210/3.5-4 58mm filter, which is two-touch, quite cheap used, and has IIRC 1:2 magnification! And supposedly quite better at macro than the newer 3.5 version. One list member has this older one, please, how does it fare at macro? PFS> If anyone makes an 80-200/2.8 that focuses at 1:3 at the long end, it would PFS> be Sigma. Have you checked their site? I remember one Nikon owner complaining his 80-200/2.8 Sigma couldn't focus closer than 1.5 (2) ? meters at either end, he wanted to buy the shortest ext.tube but that was too long for him (for photography of models on the floor from short ladder). But perhaps he got older model. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
