This is no answer to the concrete question but I think it's worth to be mentioned: Some months ago I got a +++ Kenko 2x KAX Macro Teleplus MC7 +++ on ebay and thought it would be a nice thing to play with. The price was raesonable and no real risk. And I found: the results are very fine! It makes a lens go up to 1:1. Actually for me the only reason remaining to buy a real macro lens would be the greater speed while adjusting. The picture http://home.t-online.de/home/tumbschef/Imkerei/Biene_Macro.jpg was made using a normal lens and the converter. Later on I haven't seen any converters like this; most time they are without macro function.
Regards Bernd (second try of this message) ---------------original message---------------- From: Fred Subject: Tokina [or VS1] Macro Extender w/ Other Lenses Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:06:23 -0700 Vic said: > I said I would report back on some tests I was doing with the > Pentax 200mm F2.5 and the Tokina ATX macro convertor ( the one > that comes with the 90F2.5 macro.) The tests are in and the > results are excellent. Not extensive tests by any stretch of the > imagination but enough to convince me that I don't need to > invest in an expensive 200 mm macro. All I have to do is use what > I already have to its fullest extent. The photographs - tight > shots of an iris - were incredibly sharp. The speed of the lens > allowed me to soften the background -Great bokeh. I will > continue to experiment with various lenses using the macro > adapter and report back when I have results. Have you any more results to report, Vic? And, has anyone else tried this concept out (either with the Tokina AT-X 90/2.5's 1:1 Macro Extender, or with the VS1 90/2.5 Macro's 1:1 Macro Adapter)? Thanks. Fred
