On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 13:03:42 -0400, "Michael Boustead" wrote:

>Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with the above lens. I am
>considering purchasing it.

You can find comments on it on my web page, under "I babble".
The short of it: it is an excellent "flower scale" tripod-mounted
macro, but for other macro purposes, there may be better choices.