Ah yes, I recall seeing these pix during discussions of Vuescan. Nice detail!
I agreee that close focus on the long end is preferable. For a while,
Tokina and some others created a 'macro' mode by designing part of the
lens barrel as a tube. Press the button and turn and the tube
extends. IME, it led to less than happy results and was awkward. The
AT-x 35~200 used it. A fine lens at 6' and greater. Closer? Never
mind . . .
Thanks!/ScottGee1
On 9/23/06, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ScottGee1 wrote:
> > I can buy one of these for an attractive price, but can't recall much
> > about its optical quality. It's a pretty big honker for sure. Of
> > course it has an OM mount!
> >
> > The other candidate is the Tamron SP 28-80 F3.5-4.2 CF MACRO which has
> > the advantage of being a two-touch and NOT varifocal.
> >
> The Viv has a good rep, but I've never used one. I have the Tamron and
> love it's compact design and the true macro capability (1:2.5). Having
> the closest focus at the long end is a big advantage over zooms that
> have the highest magnification at the wide end.
>
> Although not labeled as to lens, as they were done for another purpose,
> these were taken with the Tamron
> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Scan/VuesProf/>.
>
> Moose
>
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