I must be the only one who AF's his macro.:-) Dave
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Jens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what SP550 is. An Olympus camera? > For macro I use and old Tamrom SP 2.5 90mm. Its not auto focus, but who needs > AF for macro? (The later AF SP AF 2.5 90 mm is quite famous for it's > sharpnes). > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/272258624/ > > It's fine as long as you don't use direct flash, whish creates a blueish > spots in the centre of the images (I wonder why??). > You may get one for less than 100 USD on the used market. > Regards > Jens > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Aug 24, 2008 00:30 "MikeM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Last week I bought a Pentax 18-250 lens to use as a travel lens. On >> my last trip I used a K100 with a Sigma 18-50 kit lens, and used my >> sp550 for long shots and videos and was planning to use the new lens >> on my K10 for my next trip. I have been testing it on my K10 on >> various subjects and conditions since then. Close ups of very small >> objects like spiders are the main problem with it. For very small >> objects I get better results with my SP550, which can get good >> results with a lot of cropping. I have a Pentax 18-55 and a Tamron >> 70-300 that I have been using at home. Should I be able to get good >> colseups with the 18-250 lens? I would like to get a macro but as >> with the faster lens than the 18-250 it is out of my reach for now. >> >> Thanks >> Mike >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
