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Need guidance before buying vintage 55 f3.5 macro
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<blockquote data-quote="gustafson" data-source="post: 511816" data-attributes="member: 40735"><p>Thanks for the insights. As regards close focusing, it appears that the close focusing distance for the "compensating-type" 55mm f3.5 macro that I'm considering is 21cm (as opposed to 28cm for the 18-55), so good point there. As for the point about quality, I'm guessing the larger max aperture at 55 (f3.5 vs f5.6) will give more flexibility in composition? Manual metering will be a bear, I agree, but hopefully I'll learn a thing or two about photography from it.</p><p></p><p>One follow-up question is how does the "compensating type" 55mm f3.5 macro perform for objects further out and at infinity?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gustafson, post: 511816, member: 40735"] Thanks for the insights. As regards close focusing, it appears that the close focusing distance for the "compensating-type" 55mm f3.5 macro that I'm considering is 21cm (as opposed to 28cm for the 18-55), so good point there. As for the point about quality, I'm guessing the larger max aperture at 55 (f3.5 vs f5.6) will give more flexibility in composition? Manual metering will be a bear, I agree, but hopefully I'll learn a thing or two about photography from it. One follow-up question is how does the "compensating type" 55mm f3.5 macro perform for objects further out and at infinity? [/QUOTE]
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