Re: SMC D FA 100mm Macro f2.8 (er, and hello)

2005-01-13 Thread D . W . Wheatley
Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Most manufacturers are building the APS sized lenses just on the > really wide end to deal with size and cost. On the longer end, there > is not much need to do so. Yep. The new pancake lens (40mm) is a 'digital only', although this hardly qualifies as

Re: SMC D FA 100mm Macro f2.8 (er, and hello)

2005-01-12 Thread D . W . Wheatley
Yes, but you don't carry it around fully extended. And the weight doesn't change as you focus in: the D FA lens is about 350g .. the FA is about 600g. The new lens also seems to have a 49mm filter thread which is very civilised for such a fast lens ... ... I really hope they haven't sacrificed the