I have a quick favor, I'm looking to get the 100 Makro, but I wanted to get an idea of something, as I've not found this on the net.
I want to know what the ZE makro looks like fully extended, as I've only seen the ZF fully extended, and I think that the ZE is a different barrel design, or so I was told, I need to know how it extends while focusing for a few reasons, one being if I used a follow focus, and the second being I really want the lens, but I don't know if I could deal with a lens that had a moving focusing barrel.. I don't mind if it does what the 24-70L does where it extends out when say shifting FL, but if the focusing ring moved up and down while you turned it, I may be annoyed.. Or like the push pull focusing of older lenses!
Also if anyone is in the mood, I'd love to see portraits taken with this lens, half body and headshots would be great. I see a lot of nice landscapes, and it's a very talented lens in that respect, as well with the macro shots, but honestly I've not seen many good portraits with it..
Maybe even your thoughts on using it as a portrait lens, if you have it, you should have an idea of use-ability.
Adam, I'm never sharing any people pictures on internet so no portrait samples, sorry. The focusing resistance on ZE is smaller than in ZF (regarding MP 2/100). When shooting portraits I would prefer longer focus throw.
Here is picture I took for you, ZE in 1:2 magnification:
Wonderful thats exactly what I was looking for...
After all your hard work, I feel ashamed to say that you and a few others over on the ZE topic post, taunted me with these beautiful 100makro images, that I ran out and grabbed the makro about an hour ago... I'm home now, and have a few samples of my own to awww over!
Thank you again for sharing the photos, and taking the time to post them, thats EXACTLY what I wanted to see, and I'm not thrilled about the design, but feel it's a necessary evil.
