You can sometimes find a Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 for less than $150 if you shop around. That's as good as any macro lens you can own. And autofocus is useless on a macro. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" <a...@mawz.ca> To: "Pentax-Di. scuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:13:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: turning my 50mm macro into a 100mm macro
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I've got a DFA 50/2.8 macro and it works great. But, I find myself > wanting the 100mm macro. I can't really justify shelling out the money > for a new one right now. I see a few possibilities: > > Act like a grownup and just wait until I have the money. > > Put my macro focusing 2X TC on my PFA50/1.4 for a longer macro. > > Put my 1.4X TC on my FA 77 for 108mm f/2.5 portrait lens > > Sell my 50, and use the proceeds to buy a 100. > > Find someone selling the 100 used. > > Sell the 50 and buy a used 100. > > So, I just thought I'd check out the level of interest in the 50 and > see if anyone as a 100 that they're thinking of selling. > > Buy a Kiron/Lester Dine or Vivitar 105mm f2.8 in KA form for much cheaper? -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
