Pentax Lens Disassembly Database - PentaxForums. com This is a great lens in many ways: great optical quality, excellent macro capability, and cheap and commonly available The DAL plastic mount version has the exact same optics, and even has quick shift with the release-button trick!
Sigma APO 300mm F4 - Pentax Forums The IQ, bokeh and abilities to absorb light are no less than those of 400 5 6 APO Macro, which I appreciate very much Compared to my latest addition, Sigma 100-300 F4 APO EX, its images look slightly less sharp wide open - in exchange for more dreamy rendering and retaining noticeably more layers of light as your eyes can observe
Tamron Adaptall (QZ-35M) 35-80mm F2. 8-3. 5 - Pentax Forums The Macro Mode Button allows a ring to be rotated to the Macro setting, whereupon sliding the zoom moves the whole optical assembly forward, acting therefore like an extension ring (the SP 60-300mm 23A and the 35-135mm 40A , for example, are similar, this is a mode tamron used a number of times)
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP (19AH) 70-210mm F3. 5 - Pentax Forums Macro optical performance is exceptional (for a zoom), reaching 1:2 66 life size at the 210mm position " adaptall-2 com Manufactured from 1984 to 1999 the 19AH was the premium "SP" adaptall in the standard 3x zoom TP market
Focus stacking - PentaxForums. com In addition to @mlags's excellent advice, for macro work, start with something with a simple mostly convex shape, i e avoid a lot of intersecting objects partially obscuring each other As for (free of charge) software, I second the recommendation for Picolay, even if the interface takes a moment to get used to
Macro The best macro lens for pentax - Pentax Forums The best Pentax macro lens without a budget is the FA*200 F4 macro lens Follow that by either the D-FA 100 F2 8 WR or the Sigma 180mm F3 5 or the Sigma 70mm F2 8 The cream of the crop, top of the line, would be the FA* 200mm f4 Macro (or A* 200mm f4) which would set you back at least a couple of grand
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP (01A) 35-80mm F2. 8-3. 8 - Pentax Forums Macro performance across the central two thirds of the film plane stands up very well against dedicated macro lenses Amazingly, this lens yields very good macro performance across the entire film plane when used with Tamron's SP 2X tele-converter There is no push button or macro ring which must be turned to enter the macro mode