Hi Jon, Pretty sure thats the same problem Juan has with his, maybe mines the exception, my main gripe is just the way it feels going to and from AF and MF.
Optically i like it, wish the cap fitted on with the lense hood attached. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Hope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:44 PM Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:20:34 +1100, Paul Jones wrote: > > I really don't like the way the lens goes from manual- to auto- > focus. The clutch thingy is annoying. I find it slipping between the > two way too easily for my liking. > > Apart from that, the lens works beautifully. I would like an FA > Pentax macro, the price is way over the top for me though. > > Cheers > > >Hi Geoff, > > > >I have a Sigma APO,EX105/2.8 Macro, which goes to 1:1. I have been > >very > >happy with it and it is considerably cheaper than the FA100/2.8. > >Bokeh is > >nice and its extremely sharp. It has a metal casing. The only thing > >i don't > >like about it is the feel when you swithc from MF to AF on the > lense. > > > >The MF feel is pretty good too. > > > >I think Juan has one also and he has had a problem with the focus > >ring being > >to loose to slide from MF and AF. I havent had this problem with > >mine. > > > >A few other litsts members have this lense > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Geoff Moes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:52 PM > >Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? > > > > > >> Rob, Stan, > >> > >> Thanks for the info. That's exactly what I was looking for. Great > >> detail, Rob. Looks like $500 is the min (Ouch). I monitor ebay in > >>the > >> same way but I never write anything down, maybe I should start. > >> > >> Geoff > >> > >> Date sent: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:24:59 -0600 > >> Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? > >> From: Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > Last spring or early summer someone on this list laughingly > >>pointed out > >one > >> > of these lenses available on a store's web site at an absurd (?) > >>price. > >I > >> > immediately went and bought the lens (it was either $500 or > >>$600) and > >have > >> > had it pretty much permanently mounted on one of my cameras > >>every since. > >If > >> > it was $500 I was at the low end of the current price range, if > >>it was > >$600 > >> > I was toward the high end. In either case, money well spent. > >> > > >> > Stan > >> > > >> > > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > Organization: AudioBias Systems Engineering > >> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:58:07 +1000 > >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? > >> > > > >> > > On 2 Dec 2001 at 15:37, Geoff Moes wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> I have never seen one for sale, so I am trying to gage what > >>price I > >> > >> should pay, if I luck out. Can any one tell me what they have > >>payed > >> > >> or what price they have seen it listed at? > >> > > > >> > > Hi Geoff, > >> > > > >> > > As a guide, I kept the following details from recent eBay > >>auctions of > >the > >> > > A100/2.8 macro: > >> > > > >> > > 3/04/2000 $870.00 > >> > > 12/03/2001 $554.41 > >> > > 23/04/2001 $500.00 > >> > > 23/05/2001 $626.00 > >> > > 25/05/2001 $528.27 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Cheers, > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Rob Studdert > >> > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > >> > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > >> > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html > >> > > - > >> > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > >>unsubscribe, > >> > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't > >>forget to > >> > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >> > - > >> > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > >>unsubscribe, > >> > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't > >>forget to > >> > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >> - > >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, > >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget > >>to > >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > -- > Jon Hope, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/12/2001 > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
