Op Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:35:39 +0200 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote:
As far as I can tell that'd be people/portraits. Mainly snaps in and
around the house, we have a 15-month old son to document :o)
I have been using the FA50/1.7 for that with as much success as I am
going to get. It has a flat field of view, which is apparent (to me)
wide open as an improvement to the A50/1.4. Not that I have
systematically tested them, I would not.
Neither would I, but I'll take a close look at the results of both the A
lenses, to see which I prefer in the end. It might turn out to be a case
of varying mileage :o)
I'll see whether she would like to have a wider lens later. Does anyone
have a recommendation for a Ka mount lens in the 28 to 35 range? The
great lenses at great prices in this range appear to be K and M
lenses...
Are we talking film? Stan's site is still a good reference for that:
http://stans-photography.info/
My summary would be: FA35/2.0 and FA28/2.8 are extremely good lenses for
the money.
Film, yes. I don't think I've ever seen a FA prime in real life :o) How is
the manual focussing feel? Comparable to the FA-zooms, or better?
The hard-to-get 2.0 K-variants of these lenses are also great if heavy.
The 3.5 K-variants are indeed slow, but have other redeeming
characteristics in sharpness and distortion, and also price, but they
may not be too easy to get.
Not easy indeed, I gave up looking for the K35/3,5. Whenever one showed
up, it was obvious that there are quite a few people who have a greater
desire for it than I do...
I have the K3.5s, but don't use them as much as I ought to :-(
Shame on you ;-)
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Regards, Lucas
