On 9/15/2013 2:38 PM, DZDub wrote:
> ...
> Hey, who's talking to you, mister?
>
> Seriously, thanks for the explanation. I figured there was something I
> wasn't getting. I nodded off in the lecture on how things are and aren't
> equivalent to film with the smaller sensor size.
>
> Now I wonder if you will tell me if Chuck is actually looking for a really
> good close-focusing long zoom (since he seems to like your former favorite,
> the 14-150). That's what I would have guessed.
Your guess is as good as mine, in fact, the same as mine. :-)
> Until I got a DZ macro, I
> tended to use the DZ 50-200 for close focusing if I wanted or needed the
> working distance. The bokeh is sometimes OK, but not always predictable.
>
> I was surprised at how close the DZ 18-180 is able to focus. I think I
> recall that you got some very close -focused shots with the 14-150. Am I
> remembering correctly?
Yes, the 14-150 focuses to 1:4. With the FF eq. I've been talking about, that's
like 1:2, so as close as the OM 50/3.5
Macro, in effect. It's just a hair closer than the 18-180 you tried and a
couple of hairs closer than the 50-200.
Class Dismissed Moose
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