Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject: Looking for lens recommendation: fast 50mm with close focus |
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WT21 wrote:
I have a Pentax 50mm 1.4 Super Tak. Nice and cheap. Good way to start. I also tried a 28mm and 200mm Super Tak. Sold the last two, and found the 50mm to be the FL I like best.
I take a lot of flower shots and I what I ignorantly call "quasi macro"
I almost never shoot 1:1, but often 1:2 to 1:4. In that range.
So, what I'm looking for is something around 50mm, that stops open pretty far, is sharp(ish) when open, but that also has a reasonably close focus.
I looked at the Nokton 50mm 1.5, but it's more a portrait lens. I don't want to do macro, because most of them start at 2.8, which for DOF purposes I find limiting. My Super Tak is a nice lens, but not the sharpest, and really very hazy at 1.4.
I'm just trying to short-cut the research process. Does anyone know of close-focusing lenses in the 50mm range, that are reasonable wide open at something less than 2.0? I'd prefer an m43 mount, but will try others. |