Longing 4 Long Lens

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:14:51 -0800, John Navas wrote:

it's great that a 20+ year old camera is still in use, but that does
not make it 'current.'

That's just your criterion, not mine.

Don't you know the difference between "current" and "useful"?
Short answer : No. Long answer : When you have to engage in
dialogues with others, the odds are somewhere between slim and none.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:35:52 -0800, John Navas wrote:

Apparently he defines "current" as "in his possession and working".
By his logic or lack of same a folding pocket Kodak for which the film
hasn't been made in half a century would be "current".

I'm making no definition of current.

But you're abusing the accepted definition to yet again avoid
having to deal with reality.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:48:07 -0500, "Neil Harrington"
wrote in :

"John Navas" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:04:36 -0500, "Neil Harrington"
wrote in :

I seriously doubt it can match the original Canon FD 100 mm f/4
Macro.

Sure. But the Tamron 90 appears to be a winner on just about all counts.

Have you ever compared it to the original Canon FD 100 mm f/4 Macro?

No, I don't have any Canon-mount lenses. But I haven't compared it to the
Micro Nikkor 105 either. I'm going by the online extensive test results
(definition, contrast etc.) of this and various similar macro lenses, plus
the fact that I really love everything about the Tamron and it seems to me
the ideal lens of this type.

Links to those "online extensive test results" (MTF curves)?

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Best regards,
John
Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMC-FZ20, and several others