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pentax v samsung 100mm?

doingthebobs
Posted 08/07/2009 - 20:38 Link
I am looking to buy a macro lense and have seen the price of the pentax 100mm climb. I have also seen the sumsung 100mm lens at what seems like bargan prices.

I believe they are the same lens, just dressed differently. Is this true?

Anyone have any experience of the samsung?
Bob
George Lazarette
Posted 08/07/2009 - 21:04 Link
They are almost certainly the same. It is possible the lens coating is different, but personally I doubt it.

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Mike-P
Posted 08/07/2009 - 21:31 Link
Pentax lens is still £350 at PCworld with delivery LINK

If the link expires do a search for 100mm
doingthebobs
Posted 08/07/2009 - 22:20 Link
Thanks. I hadn't found the pentax that price, only the samsung.
Bob
Draken
Posted 08/07/2009 - 22:28 Link
What about this lens then:
Tamron SP 90mm Di Macro Pen 272E Lens
It have got some really nice reviews here in Sweden, and are about £75 cheaper in our stores.

/Magnus
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BODYHEAT
Posted 08/07/2009 - 22:37 Link
Mike-P wrote:
Pentax lens is still £350 at PCworld with delivery LINK

If the link expires do a search for 100mm

interesting, if you search for the word PENTAX on their site all you get is the 16-45mm
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GlynM
Posted 08/07/2009 - 22:55 Link
George Lazarette wrote:
They are almost certainly the same. It is possible the lens coating is different, but personally I doubt it.

I agree. I have the Samsung version and you get a nice green/blue refection off the front glass so it has some sort of coating. It just does not say SMC on it which I guess is because this trade mark is exclusive to Pentax.

The lens is not recognised by the Pentax Photo browser so I guess that it writes a different lens id into the exif data. PhotoMe returns a lens id of 4+56+0. I guess this might mean you will not get any auto lens correction with this lens version on a K-7 but I assume that this is probably not needed on a 100mm prime.

Glyn

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