K1 w/ D FA* 85mm for flowers

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Robert_Schild Contributing Member • Posts: 708
Re: (D)FA* 85mm plus converter for flowers

KPM2 wrote:

Hello manual_focus

I think this D FA*85 do have the caracter of a FA* 85mm, but now with an excellent AF behavior !

For flower pictures it's min. distance is a little too long,but of cause, you can crop. Maybe you have an old Pentax 1.7xAF converter. I use mine with my FA* 85mm for to get also a shorter min. focus distance. Maybe try it out if you like this combination too.

best regards KPM2

Hi Guys,

Interesting thread with beautiful photos; both the DA 35 macro and the FA *85 are very sharp lenses (I own both), and from what I can see, the DFA *85 is top class.

I found the suggestion of KPM2 about the use of the 1.7x AF converter with the FA*85 quite interesting: I have never used that combo so far.

So ...to illustrate I made some shots today and show them here (I hope the OP does not mind):

I think I will use this combo more often, thanks KPM2 for the suggestion!

Cheers, Robert

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