Welcome to the list Fast Primes, To live up to your nickname, why compare it to an ancient f/4 lens? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to match it with it's most recent sibling FA 100/2.8 macro? :-)
Without having owned either the M or the DFA, I'd say the DFA would win that battle hands down. best regards, Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fast Primes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: The new Pentax 50F2.8 and 100F2.8 DFA macros? > Pentax has apparently radically redesigned its macro lenses to be > much more > compact and lighter. What's the word on their > performance--sharpness, bokeh, > and field usage? In particular, how does the new 100 compare with > the older > 100F4.0 M Macro? > > Thanks. > > FP > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net