If you dont mind using a bellows the same lens came in a bellows mount too. But it's a preset...
You might want to get a 50mm MACRO too for the larger items. The 100mm angle of view is too narrow for some shots. I've gotten great results with the SMCT 50mm F4. Dont know if any of the K lenses use the same design... JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #40 > > > Feroze Kistan wrote: > > > Any advice on a good 100mm Macro would be > > greatly appreciated. I have to shoot anything from jwellery to > cell phones > > to groceries. > > The Pentax 100mm f/4 macros are lovely little lenses which are very > reasonably priced if you can find one. They go 1:2. All the 100mm f/4's > use the same optical formula, from the screwmount ones to the A-series. > They are very nice lenses and are built like tanks. > > There's also the FA100mm f/2.8 macro if you want 1:1 without adaptors, > and/or the faster aperture. The F-version has the same optics but some > small mechanical differences. I bought the FA lens as soon as I found > one secondhand as the screwmount one was a pain to use on my K-mount > bodies with the adaptor. > > Others have mentioned various 3rd-party macro lenses but I can't comment > on those as I've never used them! From what I've heard I think you'd be > hard-pressed to find a bad macro lens (true macro, that is). > > Because your subjects are going to be still there's probably not a lot of > point in looking specifically for an autofocus macro. > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) > >
