On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, CheekyGeek <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO, autofocus on a macro lens is ridiculous. > The greatest value in macro lenses that I have seen is the Tamron SP > 90mm f2.5 (either 52B or 52BB). WHAT a lens for very little money. > You'll need the matched Tamron converter (or any good 7 element macro > converter) to reach 1:1. Alternately, use an extension tube.
Could you also use a lens like the 90mm f2.5 for portraits? If so, autofocus becomes handy. I think I have seen posts where people use their ~ 90-105mm lenses for portraits, and I think those lenses were macros, but I could be mistaken. --------------------------- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
