On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:56 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---- Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Only problem with the Tamron SP 90 is that you need a 1:1 adapter or >> 2x SP TC to get 1:1. Otherwise it's a superb lens as both a macro and >> a short tele. I'm rather fond of mine. >> >> -Adam > > Only the older, adaptall, f2.5. The later, f2.8, autofocus version goes to > 1:1. >
To be exact, the f2.5 in Adaptall-2 or AF versions goes to 1:2, the f2.8 in Adaptall-2 and AF versions goes to 1:1 (yes, both exist in AD2 and AF forms, but the f2.5 AF is rare and the f2.8 in AD2 is extremely rare). We were talking about the f2.5 version here. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
