On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:20:34 +1100, Paul Jones wrote: I really don't like the way the lens goes from manual- to auto- focus. The clutch thingy is annoying. I find it slipping between the two way too easily for my liking.
Apart from that, the lens works beautifully. I would like an FA Pentax macro, the price is way over the top for me though. Cheers >Hi Geoff, > >I have a Sigma APO,EX105/2.8 Macro, which goes to 1:1. I have been >very >happy with it and it is considerably cheaper than the FA100/2.8. >Bokeh is >nice and its extremely sharp. It has a metal casing. The only thing >i don't >like about it is the feel when you swithc from MF to AF on the lense. > >The MF feel is pretty good too. > >I think Juan has one also and he has had a problem with the focus >ring being >to loose to slide from MF and AF. I havent had this problem with >mine. > >A few other litsts members have this lense > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Geoff Moes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:52 PM >Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? > > >> Rob, Stan, >> >> Thanks for the info. That's exactly what I was looking for. Great >> detail, Rob. Looks like $500 is the min (Ouch). I monitor ebay in >>the >> same way but I never write anything down, maybe I should start. >> >> Geoff >> >> Date sent: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:24:59 -0600 >> Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? >> From: Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > Last spring or early summer someone on this list laughingly >>pointed out >one >> > of these lenses available on a store's web site at an absurd (?) >>price. >I >> > immediately went and bought the lens (it was either $500 or >>$600) and >have >> > had it pretty much permanently mounted on one of my cameras >>every since. >If >> > it was $500 I was at the low end of the current price range, if >>it was >$600 >> > I was toward the high end. In either case, money well spent. >> > >> > Stan >> > >> > > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > Organization: AudioBias Systems Engineering >> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:58:07 +1000 >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Subject: Re: Which 100 mm Macro ? >> > > >> > > On 2 Dec 2001 at 15:37, Geoff Moes wrote: >> > > >> > >> I have never seen one for sale, so I am trying to gage what >>price I >> > >> should pay, if I luck out. Can any one tell me what they have >>payed >> > >> or what price they have seen it listed at? >> > > >> > > Hi Geoff, >> > > >> > > As a guide, I kept the following details from recent eBay >>auctions of >the >> > > A100/2.8 macro: >> > > >> > > 3/04/2000 $870.00 >> > > 12/03/2001 $554.41 >> > > 23/04/2001 $500.00 >> > > 23/05/2001 $626.00 >> > > 25/05/2001 $528.27 >> > > >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Rob Studdert >> > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >> > > - >> > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To >>unsubscribe, >> > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't >>forget to >> > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >> > - >> > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To >>unsubscribe, >> > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't >>forget to >> > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget >>to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > -- Jon Hope, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/12/2001 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
