Originally posted by aegisphan ...
How's the focus throw of this lens?
Half barrel twist, pretty good feel. I had no trouble manually finding my focus with it. I do things similar to yourself at 1:1. Just dial up 1:1, then creep my head into the focus area and burst fire through it. Its definately not helicoid smooth, you can still feel the screw drive in there as you twist, but its limited quality and a longer throw than the non macros versions.
FWIW Nostatic, I updated my comparison earlier this morning to reflect the niche the 35 may carve as a pocket friendly casual macro.
Re, shooting 1:1, also noted as an advantage in the comparison of proximity reducing the effect of tremble on hand-held macro shooting... anyways, its all written there, heh.
Back to work... :|