----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Hood Subject: FA 100mm f=2.8 Macro and macro ring light: Questions
> I have an opportunity to buy these two items used at $540.00 cdn for the > lens, and $450.00 for the flash. Is this a good deal? I know the lens is > great, but how is this combination for macro? I already have two flashes, > plus the onboard PZ1-P flash. Will I get appreciably better pictures with > this? Also, I understand you can selectively turn off two of the four lights > in the flash for increased modelling and shadow control. Anyone with any > experience and/or examples? And there is also a reverse adapter available > for the flash so you can use it with reversed lenses, i.e. the FA*24mm f=2. > Anyone with any experience with this? I know that, for a while it was all > the rage to shoot portraits with this combination, also. We were seeing ads > in major magazines with the models with telltale doughnut highlights in > their eyes. Any info would be helpful before I go ahead with this. Here are a few things to look for, not knowing the exact specs of what you are looking at: Make sure the ringlight doesn't vignette the lens. If you have to use a step down ring, be suspicious. Switchable tubes is nice. Make sure the rig supports TTL flash. Macro flash without TTL requires higher math. I don't know if a reverse adaptor is made specifically for this purpose, but, the way I thought of to mount a lens in reverse, then put a ringlight onto it was to take the lens mount of a destroyed camera body (I have a sacrificial MX) and epoxy a threaded adaptor (the filter ring off a dead lens, for example) onto it. William Robb - 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 .
