Re: Vs: seek comment on SMC K 45-125 f4
Sunday, September 8, 2002, 8:44:46 PM, Raimo wrote: RK No, the so-called macro setting on the 3.5/35-105 A works at every focal length - but of course the greatest - feeble - magnification 1:4.5 is at the wide end. RK All the best! Mea culpa! Thanks for the correction. I was under the impression, from last time I handled this lens at a swap meet, that the macro operated only at wide setting. However, still, it does need a separate control no :) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek
Re: seek comment on SMC K 45-125 f4
Ho do it compared with A 70-210 f4 or A 35-105 f3.5. *** A great zoom, good contrast and definition at full aperture (a rare occurence) and very good to excellent thereafter. This is from a test in Camerart (a japanese magazine published in english). I think some PDMLers could mention the results of a Modern Photography test also. The lens is a bit front heavy and is better handled on a K body or, better still, on an M body + winder (or later badies with a grip. They usually sell for $100-150 on eBay, a real bargain for such a lens. I haven't tested this portrait lens yet for bokeh and flare. Maybe some other PDMLer have done this. The third distance scale found on most of them is for use with an unavailable close-up lens.
