Hmmm, I am very surprised you would sell this one.
I have one from Paul which is very nice. I believe he mentioned the coatings
were slightly different as well as the color rendition. I don't remember the
details. I've posted the "Invasion of the Monarchs" once before though below
is my favorite with this lens. I'm not selling mine and would think about a
spare. Jeff first raised my interest in this one. (Thanks)
http://gordon9213.zoto.com/galleries/macro11/detail/11/
I did find a couple shots side-lit sans hood covering about 20 ft in front of
the lens that revealed a substantial loss of contrast. I bet the hood would
help or fix that. I now have a 58mm hood (Hama knock-off). I tried the Moose
vignetting test with the hood fully extended----i.e. light source projected
through rear of camera onto a sheet and checking for vignetting at various
settings. I could not detect any problem wide open at any macro distance.
The most stringent test for physical vignetting of the hood is at infinity.
The image was a bit too dim to judge, though I could not detect any problem a
bit closer. I have a scanned image of the loss of contrast w/o a hood if
someone wants it.
Oh, the Z. 135/4.5 macro does indeed go to infinity too with the auto tube.
Marnie took a couple nice ones with it at that distance. I'm not selling that
either.
Mike
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