PLEAS READ!!!
I truly thank each and all of you for responding to my question on Macro (Micro) lenses. "I THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH"!
I hope each of you know why I asked the question as I did. For those who disagree with the way I have ask the question, I wanted to hear from the Photographers that have been around for a long time, and have had enough experience with this type of lens.
I (As well as you) know there are some people who comment on some subjects that they have had only a limited hands on experience, or those that are biased to a certain brand of equipment. If you read carefully all the responses, (And I really did listen closely) you can see that there are many Photographers that have, or used, several brands of this lens. And they gave some wonderful incite into these lenses. Some pros and cons of each. Each of these shooters who have spent the "TIME" to evaluate this type of lens, and have arrived at their own conclusions of each lens.
Honestly...to form any "FAIR CONCLUSION", to almost any one thing..."YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME IN TESTING"! And I feel that person that considers his/her self as a "Professional", arrives at a conclusion through his/her "OWN EXPERIENCE" with that thing regardless of what that thing is!
Certainly..., surely..., they have all read articles, watched videos, ask questions, or in some way "DID PART OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH" of the "Thing" they want to learn about!
After doing all of this research (By letting their fingers do the walking) most of these people then "BUY THE THING" and then... "MAKE UP THEIR OWN TESTING" and spend some valuable time doing this testing many times over.
After all this valuable time and money is spent, they arrive at a "CONCLUSION"!
In the end of all this work...they "MAY FIND THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE WRONG THING"!
And they begin again! (Professionals do this)
In closing this lengthy statement, I hope that I have been perfectly clear as to why I ask for "PROFESSIONAL ONLY" to comment on my question. With all the information I have received on this subject from this forum, I will now proceed with my "OWN RESEARCH" and come to some conclusion.
Isn't that what this forum is really about???
Looking...reading...discussing...doing...&...most of all..."LISTENING"!!!!!!!
One person on this forum basically asked: Why I excluded some Photographers from this question? Well "MY ANSWER IS"...
"IF I YOUR GOING INTO SURGERY...don't you "WANT TO KNOW" that the one doing the surgery is a "PROFESSIONAL" ???
I learn more about Portrait Photography each and every day, and with all the practice sessions I do.
Yes...I practice all the time. I get some crazy idea..."AND I TRY IT"!!!
Am I a Professional Photographer?
Yes I am. With over 45+ yrs. of " ASKING...LISTENING....DOING...& LEARNING
Do I make mistakes? All the time!
And yes..."I love to listen and learn".
That is why I ask the question as I did!
"ISN'T THAT WHY WE BELONG TO THIS WONDERFUL FORUM IN THE FIRST PLACE"???????
Sorry if I offended anyone, but now I have a great place to start on my quest of a Macro (Micro) lens!
I thank you all for being part of my research.
THANK YOU!!!
Thanks,
Boone.