Hi Jos, What you want is a 0.5 diopter close up lens (filter) on my Tokina 80-200 which only focuses down to 6 feet. It changes the focus range to from 3 feet to 12 feet or so. Which is a great range for portraiture with that lens.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Jos from Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:45 PM Subject: RE: SMC-M 80-200/4.5 vs F 70-210/4-5.6 > Hi Bernd, > I own and use both lenses you mention. About your questions: > > >>>1. Is the F 70-210/4.5-5.6 as good or better in optical qualitiy as the M > 80-200/4.5 ? > I tried to do some comparative lense tests but I gave up because I found it > very difficult to do "scientiffically justified" testing of lenses outside > laboratory conditions. I found it very time consuming and decided to spend > the time on real fun of photagraphy. But I can say that I made nice pictures > with both lenses. (up to 20x30 cm) > > >>>>>>>2. How good is manual focusing on the F 70-210/4.5-5.6 ? > Poor! It is just a narrow ring at the front of the lens. It can be done but > it is more a kind of "emergency control" :-) > >>>>3. Is the F 70-210/4.5-5.6 easier to hand held? > For handheld photography the 80-200 will be better because of its weight it > will be more stable. Of course that could be achieved with the 70-210 as > well. By adding a piece of concrete under the camera..... > > An additional point of consideration could be the minimum focussing > distance. My SMC-M 80-200 has a minimum focussing distance of 1.6m. There > seems to be a SMC-M 80-200 with a smaller minimum focus, but I have never > seen one. 1m60 was not close enough in situations where I wanted to > photographe small children or small animals moving around in the room. > Before you know they are too close and out of focus. In these cases 1.1 or > 1.2m is much more convinient. > Greetings, Jos from Holland > > (Jos bought his first Pentax in the seventies. Now uses MX, ME-super and Z-1 > and recently went digital with a Minolta Scan Speed) > - > 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 . - 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 .
