> My younger brother got his "new" MX recently and I think a > well-performing MF 70-210 zoom with a Macro function would be nice > for him... ehm, for us. :-)
Smart move, Jozef. Just don't forget to let him use "his" lens once in a while - <g>. > I have heard praise on Pentax A 70-210, but since it lacks Macro, > I'd rather bought Vivitar (or Tamron SP?). I'm not trying to turn you away from the Vivitar and Tamron lenses, Jozef, but I should point out that the Pentax A 70-210/4 does have a macro function (well, sort of). At the wide end of its zoom range only (unfortunately), it can be shifted into a "Macro" mode, but it is not particularly good as a macro lens. Actually, now that I think of it, many of the Pentax so-called "macro zooms" that ~I~ am familiar with - A 28-135/4 (1:3), A 35-105/3.5 (1:4), A 35-70/4 (1:2.7), A 70-210/4 (1:4) - are really not particularly good as macro lenses (although it is still nice to have the feature, just for those "emergencies" when one is caught without a "regular" macro lens). The pleasant exception here is the little A 35-70/4, which actually is a rather decent macro lens (and at its useful long end, at 70mm, too). Now, for a "macro zoom" lens that has a ~really~ good macro mode (at 1:2.5), there is that Angenieux 70-201/3.5 that I just sold a couple of weeks ago (and am starting to miss already - <g>)... Fred - 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 .
