I considered carefully the question of what lens to use for this month. I am still hopeful the Lomo Daguerre will drop into my lap early next week, in which case I will be switching to it for the rest of the month. While I'm waiting, however, my eyes lit upon my much neglected Sigma one-touch manual focus 70-210mm zoom with A contacts.
I know the old Bushnell M42 has been sadly neglected since I bought it, but that lens is just so huge and heavy (1.35kg) that it isn't the sort of thing I can easily transport back and forth and carry in the camera bag 24/7, whereas the Sigma is a lot lighter and more compact, although it won't always write a reliable aperture to exif because it's a variable aperture zoom that doesn't communicate its focal length. However, it works well with my deglassed K-A adapter and offers interesting macro capabilities.
I know it's sort of cheating to nominate a switch partway through, but I'd rather jump right in and change than wait out a few days when there are ideas waiting to be expressed.
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Originally posted by bobbotron Egads, that's quite the lens. Do you have a photo of it?
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You should use the macro!
They make amazing portrait lenses for doggers, and I found macros are fun to single with.
Amen to that. If I had to nominate one lens to get jammed on my K-5 it would be the 35 Macro DA Limited; that lens is a thing of beauty.