I just acquired the 90mm 2.8 AF in our mount in January, from B&H.
Awesome lens!
I am quiet please with its speed and performance as a 90mm and as a macro.
It even had a $50 rebate when I bought it!
At 07:34 PM 2/15/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi, anyone knows, whether the older Tamron 90/2.5 was ever released in
>Pentax AF mount? Anyone happens to own (or has owned) it in AF and wants
>to comment on the quality of the barrel?
>
>I am aware of two different MF versions (49 and 55 filter) which can be
>fit via adaptall. I used to own the 49 version until I got it stolen. To
>my information these are optically indentic appart from coating
>differences. Before the introduction of the present 90/2.8 this lens was
>also available in some AF mounts. Since the macro of the 2.5-version works
>only up to 1:2 its helicoid is less steep which is a big plus with respect
>of manual focussing, which I prefer for some of my work. (I don't really
>need a macro lens, but 85 in Pentax are hard to come by or expensive in
>the UK. Have seen a 85/2.0 advertised for Pounds 300 which is more than
>$400.)
>
>-Thanks-
>
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Tiger Moses
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