Hi Boris,
I don't think AF will help much with macro
photography. I've done a lot of this and the
best results I get are with through focus
series and stacking with either Helicon Focus
or CombZ. But if this doesn't appeal to you
you can select the best one from your series
and dump the others. I've used a lot of
Macros and now have the Sigma 50/2.8 EX It's
about the best there is at the moment,
slightly superior to their very nice 105/2.8
EX. The longer focal distance has some
advantages of course and I'm going to try the
50mm with a doubler in a day or two. I think
the sharpest images I've taken with this lens
were at f8.0.
I've missed a couple of the 105/2.8 Sigmas on
eBay due to stupidity.
I'll post pictures when I've done the tests.
Don
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
A Russian Penta Club member approached me asking to sell him my Tamron
90/2.5 lens. I agreed. Same reason - unfortunately the lens is manual
focus.
I am thinking of replacement. KEH has now very good variety of macro
lenses at rather reasonable prices. Say, Sigma 50/2.8 EX macro goes for
$144.
Though this may appear rather heretic I am thinking of lowly SMCP FA
100/3.5 (with attachment, which I believe is just a close up filter).
Why - because the darn thing is small.
Anyone here who owns such a beast - how it performs between f/3.5 and
f/5.6?
I realize that SMCP FA 100/2.8 is better, probably far better, but it is
big and most probably I will not use too often, because of its size.
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Boris
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