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spartan123
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Registered: Nov 9, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 3683
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Review Date: Sep 3, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $800.00
| Rating: 10
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VERY sharp and fun lens to use... once you get used to it.
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Tripod ring is really badly designed. Lens is too short to use it on a most camera's.
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The ultimate macro lens. Although it is a specialized lens you find yourself looking for ways to use it. Best to buy it used if you can find it, for it is a specialized lens.
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 Sep 3, 2004
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Chris Schlaf
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Registered: Feb 10, 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 2409
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Review Date: Feb 10, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $800.00
| Rating: 10
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I am new in the photography world.This is the only lense I will never sell.(Unless they come out with a better version)It is hard to work with because the depth of field is only about 3 mm at best.But when you get everything right it is amazing.You will have to use a macro flash.
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None
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Feb 10, 2004
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John Smeets
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Registered: Mar 17, 2002
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 20632
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Review Date: Jul 4, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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perfect results
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difficult to handle trypod and good flash and macrorail required for good overall result
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the macro lens for me
need a lot off patience a good trypod and macrorail the dof is short absolutly no point and shoot lens but with some practice excellent results
john
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Jul 4, 2003
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Location: Netherlands
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Review Date: Jul 1, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $650.00
| Rating: 10
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Extreme Macro
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I have done an exhaustive review of this lens here:
http://www.frankphillips.com/mpe65
It will be worthwhile to take a look at it and my sample gallery.
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Jul 1, 2003
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dbarker
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Registered: Jan 24, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 26
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Review Date: May 5, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Easy magnification beyond 1x with a very simple set-up
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This lens is a specilized lens for a subset of the macro users. When you need to easily get beyond 1x magnification, this lens is the answer. Combined with a ring flash, it is painless to get shots anywhere from 1-5x magnification.
Obviously you need to be careful of the close working distance, and have some means to accurately control focus (object to camera distance). As one would expect, focusing becomes more difficult with magnifications above 2-3x due to the dropoff in light transmitted through the lens. I commonly hand hold (more commonly object than camera) up to about 2x. At higher mags you need more stability than can be acheived by hand holding.
In my case this lens has more than paid for itself in carefully documenting fracture surfaces and small part failures in a field environment, and not in the lab or studio where one can has more time for a controlled set-up. Yes, you can get the same magnification and more working distance by playing games with reversing lenses, telextenders, extension tubes, etc. but not with as clean of a set-up as with this lens.
Sharpness and contrast of the image is typically limited by things other than the lens, so don't worry there.
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May 5, 2003
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