On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One of the first lenses he bought was the ZD 35mm Macro. No matter
> what you say,
> spinning a feedback-less focusing ring around 20 times to rack the
> lens out
> to 1:1 magnification is not cool. Nobody uses a focus ring to get
> Macro subjects
> in focus in anyway, I believe it's purely to set magnification, and
> then move the
> whole camera/lens combo for focus. So, from a usage and build quality
> point of view,
> this lens is terrible. But the optics are great. That's the price you
> pay for the
> world's cheapest really good Macro lens, I have no problem with that.
I guess I need to borrow Paul's ZD 35 to see what you mean. Clearly I
have misunderstood you and don't know how the lens actually works. My
apologies!
Joel W.
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