My apologies to any who were offended my my choice of words. For the record, I was calling no person ridiculous. I can certainly empathize with anyone who has special needs. However, most people are not in that category, and yet feel that they MUST have autofocus. It is like those without the need all feeling they need to park in the "handicapped" parking spot. If one does not have special needs, I encourage them to open their minds to manual focus lenses, if they have not already done so.
If you are an able-bodied person who regularly parks in handicapped parking spots and are offended by this post, I apologize in advance. Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jerry in Arizona <glewis4...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am certainly glad that you are physically sound enough to use a manual > focus macro (or any MF lens at all). There are those of us where being > visually or physically disabled have severe problems with MF lenses. I > suppose it might be helpful if you looked beyond beyond yourself before > calling others "ridiculous." > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> IMHO, autofocus on a macro lens is ridiculous. >> The greatest value in macro lenses that I have seen is the Tamron SP >> 90mm f2.5 (either 52B or 52BB). WHAT a lens for very little money. >> You'll need the matched Tamron converter (or any good 7 element macro >> converter) to reach 1:1. Alternately, use an extension tube. > > > -- > 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. > -- "The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." ~ Dorothea Lange "98% of all cameras and lenses are sharper than 99% of all photographers." ~ Anonymous -- 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.
