I must have missed the quoted post. I often use my macro lens for non-macro work and I find the AF to be very useful. It has a distance limiter which helps to limit any hunting. Saves me from having to buy a non-macro 100mm :)
Cheers, Dave On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:58 AM, Jerry in Arizona 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.
