Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-30 Thread petit miam
Burn your current lens, and it will (hopefully) rise out of the ashes :) > Maybe a phoenix would do the trick. > > How do you find the phoenix? does it go to 1:1? and > how much are they > worth?> __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the thin

Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-23 Thread Lon Williamson
s it go to 1:1? and how much are they > >worth?> > > > >Thanks > > > > > >>From: Todd Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed > >>Dat

Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-23 Thread Lon Williamson
Paul Jones wrote: > > Hi, > > can any one give me any info on this lense? Its a macro lense, not sure if > its down to 1:1 and it takes a 52mm filter. It does not go down to 1:1 or 1:2, as I recall, from a description on EBay it's in the range 1:4 or 1:5. I've bid on a few of these, but ca

Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-19 Thread Paul Jones
TECTED] >Subject: Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:45:46 -0500 > > >It doesn't get anywhere close to 1:1 - it only gets down to 1:5, meaning >some 135's focus closer that aren't "Macro". Optically it's quite good >from wha

Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-19 Thread Todd Stanley
It doesn't get anywhere close to 1:1 - it only gets down to 1:5, meaning some 135's focus closer that aren't "Macro". Optically it's quite good from what I have found, I think it performs best in close distances as opposed to infinity, though I haven't shot any tests with it. Compared to the

Re: Sears 135mm/2.8 lense info needed

2001-04-19 Thread Tom Wannenburg
I have one I bought for $48. It is quite good for the price. My focus ring wobbles a little but it is otherwise solid. As a macro it is so - so, you need to stop down. It is quite sharp and very nice for portraits in the non - macro range even wide open. One thing, you cannot use it on a ZX5