The 2.8/105 Sigma EX is very good, too. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 02. tammikuuta 2003 3:27 Aihe: Re: Favorite MF, K Mount, Macro Lens? >> Don`t know if I`ve taken more pictures than you, but I lean >> towards the Vivitar Series 1`s, 90/2.5 and 90-180/4.5. The 90-180 >> is sweet, sharp everywhere in the zoom range. Both have a 3D bokeh >> effect, and built like tanks. > >[and] > >> Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5. It's the early metal version with the 1:1 >> adapter lens. A wonderfully sharp lens with great color and bokeh. >> You can see a sample image here: >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=645134&size=lg > >[and] > >> I second Steve's two candidates. I own both, although my 90/2.5 is >> the Vivitar's Tokina AT-X twin. Since closeups of flowers deserve >> a tripod, the 90-180 zoom gets my nod for its easy framing. > >After the A 100/2.8 Macro, I would take the VS1 90-180/4.5 Flat >Field Zoom, and either the VS1 90/2.5 Macro with i:1 Macro Adapter >or its optical twin, the AT-X 90/2.5 Macro with 1:1 Macro Extender, >for my #2 and #3 choices. (I am not sure whether I'd take the >90-180/4.5 before or after the 90/2.5 "twins separated at birth", >since they are designed for somewhat different macro purposes - it's >a bit of "apples and oranges".) All of these lenses are optically >and mechanically superb, and a whole lot of fun to use. > >Conspicuous by its absence in my mention is the A* 200/4 Macro - >it's a beautiful lens, but I just never found it quite as useful or >as frequently used as the others I've mentioned here (which is why I >passed along to another list member who has given it a good home, >where it gets all the pampering that it deserves, rather than the >shameful neglect that it suffered at my own hands - <g>.) > >Fred >
