The 105mm Series 1 Macro is the same as the Kiron 105mm macro and should sell for the same price (from what I've seen around $300).
Another higher priced option that people seem to speak highly of is the Tamron SP 90mm macro. On 2/22/09, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 07:13:20PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> # > So, I just thought I'd check out the level of interest in the 50 and >> # > see if anyone as a 100 that they're thinking of selling. >> # > >> # > >> # >> # Buy a Kiron/Lester Dine or Vivitar 105mm f2.8 in KA form for much >> cheaper? >> >> OK, what are the options for 100mm-ish macros that also work well as >> general purpose lenses? What are their strengths and weaknesses? >> > > 105mm f2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. An outstandingly sharp lens and > usually relatively inexpensive on the used market. On the LX and *ist D > I used it as a general purpose short tele, portrait lens and it was a > perfect 1:1 macro lens. > > Christian > > -- > 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. > -- I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder Chasin' with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under -- 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.
