At 19:12 25/06/2001 +0530, Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote:
>The minimum focussing distance for this lens is 11.4 inch. Is it enough
>to take shots of butterflies, bees and other insects without scaring them
>away? Mark Casino has always used 200mm f/4 Macro to take shots of
>sensitive insects which has a minimum focussing distance of 18 inch. If
>you try to get any closer than that, what really happens with the insects,
>I don't know.
Actually, I suspect that this is using the partial focus knob thingy on the
AF version. Both the AF and MF versions focus down to about 2cm from the
barrel end to the subject once you turn on the full focus knob on the Af
version.
>What about Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 MACRO (1:1) in terms of optical quanlity?
>Any thoughts?
Never used it myself, as Sigma didnt have a distributor here until recently.
>Regards,
>Ayash Kanto.
Hope this helps,
T.
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