Hey all, quite new around here so hello to all!
I've not had the 35 2.8 macro for long - and I didn't buy it as a walkaround - I've seen a lot of conversations here about the pros and cons of using it as such, and decided I'd give it a go..
One of my passions is photographing museums - and went to 'Steam' - the museum of the Great Western Railway this afternoon. When I started out I had a Nikon D70 - museums were a challenge as ISO 1600 was required with some fast glass.
So today I took the K5 with the 35 macro and had a fab time - I was really surprised just how good it is when not being used for traditional macro shots. Some observations:
- Didn't find the focus hunting or long focus travel to be a problem at all. If this is putting you off getting one then don't - yes, it hunts a bit more than other primes (more than my 21 3.2) but not significantly more..
- Its sharp as they come
- Colour and contrast is fantastic
- The K5's high ISO performance is knockout. I have a Canon 5dMk2 as well - but the size is just too much for discretely walking round a museum - the K5 is perfect for this
Here's some samples. Not stellar, I know, but I'm reasonably pleased..
You can see the rest of the set on my Flickr page:
Steam - a set on Flickr