| Latest Review Posted | Panagor Macro PMC 90mm F2.8
I've had the Panagor 90mm macro for a couple weeks now, and it's my first macro lens. Its sharpness is really impressive, and I love the colors it produces. I bought this lens used here on the forum marketplace.
For a macro novice, I've found it very easy to use with my K-r. It's a fully manual lens, but most of the time I use flash when shooting macro, so stop down metering isn't necessary. The manual focus ring is smooth and a joy to work with. It turns ... and turns ... and turns. This allows you to dial in just the right focus, and when your depth of field is a millimeter or two, you need all the help you can get! Plus, since it's a manual focus lens, you can use 'Catch in Focus' which is a life saver when shooting macro.
The lens is all metal and very well made.
A few "cons":
-It will not focus on anything farther away than 10-15 ft. So, you can't take this out and use it as a telephoto lens.
-It does not have the greatest contrast of any lens I own, but this is so quickly and easily fixed in post processing that it's hardly worth mentioning.
-It doesn't have the SMC coating of a Pentax lens so it will flare if pointed into the light.
I don't believe these are deal breakers at all. In fact, I don't consider any of them real problems for a macro lens.
I'm including a few of my early shots with this lens as examples of what it can do for even a newb to macro lenses. I heartily recommend it, as it produces very high quality images and less tha... |
