Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark, I have the Pentax auto tube set, two third party auto tube >sets, and the original Pentax "non auto" set. The last is the one >I like the best for macro shots. No fiddling with a dof button. >It also contains, AFAIK, the shortest tube Pentax made for 35mm.
Yes, I also prefer using non-auto extension tubes. I have only two of the three (the longest and the shortest) Pentax non-auto tubes; they came as a sort of "additional freebie" with something else that I bought in an eBay auction. The short one is always in my bag "just in case". One of the reasons I bought the Pentax 80-200/2.8 over the Sigma and the Tokina was the fact that the Pentax focuses a lot closer. Throw in a short extension tube or achromatic close-up lens and it makes a good macro lens when I don't have my 100/2.8 macro with me. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
