David Oswald wrote on 03.04.06 5:02: > SMC Pentax-FA* 85mm f/1.4 > Pros: It's an FA*! It's super fast. > Cons: Big, expensive, reportedly not ideally suited to digital. That's not true. FA* 85/1,4 is an absolute top performer on digital. It is very useable at f1.4, getting razor sharp at f2.8 and it is actually sharper at f2 than 77 ltd. at the same aperture(!) Below are some tests - both made independently using DXO analyzer first from internet source: http://www.pictchallenge-archives.net/TESTNUM/BxuREV7.html and here from French magazine (sorry for poor quality of scans): http://nasdwoje.e9.pl/pictures/maly77-100.jpg and some wide angles tests from the same source: http://nasdwoje.e9.pl/pictures/maly24-31.jpg I have recently bought this lens and while it is quite big, it's performance is impressive. Some people complained about its performance at longer than portrait distances, but so far I didn't noticed such a problems with this lens and digital. If you want I can send you some samples in .DNG
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