On 6/27/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Bruce, > I know they have different optical formula. A* has FREE but on the > other side FA* has two extraordinary dispersion elements (this is not > extra low dispersion glass - ED) marked with red colour in Japanese > lens catalogue. I haven't an occasion to compare A* and FA* version, > but all I know is that FA* is usable for portraits at f1.4 and it is > getting sharp at f2.0 (it is sharper at f2.0 than 77 Ltd) and it is > very sharp at f2.8. Here are DXO tests from Chasseur d'Images as > scans in Polish forum and second is DXO test on French site if > someone wants to read in French ;-) > http://manufactura.home.pl/p-pl/viewtopic.php?t=191 > http://www.pictchallenge-archives.net/TESTNUM/BxuREV7.html > But not even speaking of sharpness - FA* produces a kind of bokeh > that I've never seen in pictures from any other lens that I used. I > think for portratis it is actually better lens than 77 Ltd., > althought in my tests at infinity it was just good on digital. Here > is small sample - my sister right before here take off from Okecie > Airport to her home in Germany: > http://nasdwoje.e9.pl/pictures/IMGP2004.jpg > I guess Bruce you'd just love FA* 85/1.4 for portraits, because > you're good wedding photographer! :-) Does your sister have a name and phone number, Sylwek? She's quite beautiful. <just joking> Seriously, it's a lovely portrait of a beautiful woman. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
