I have the sigma 180mm f/3.5 in pentax mount It's what I was using for the gerbera and lily shots on the K10D http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/lily
I bought it second hand a while ago. It's a really nice lens. I'm presuming you're talking about an updated-for-digital version, Mark? Wendy On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > > Last week Sigma finally got some 180mm f/3.5 lenses in Pentax mount and > > yesterday mine arrived. First impressions: Very well built and *very* > > fun to use! I hope to try my hand at some Mark Cassino-style insect > > macros before too long. > > > > In the meantime, I've been shooting things around the house, just > > playing around and discovering what this lens can do. Here's a shot of a > > dried rose in our living room: > > http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7d801410.htm > > > > And here's a 100% magnification crop: > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/rose2.jpg > > > > > > > > 180 macros are awesome bug lenses, really great working distance narrow > field of view and 1:1 reproduction. I've been lusting after the > darkside 180 3.5 L for a while now... The sigma looks pretty damn good too. > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
