Wonderful. My kind of portrait. Can the person I sold my FA* 85mm to please send it back?
Stan On Jun 27, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > On 24.06.06, at 18:50 , Bruce Dayton wrote: > >> I don't think the A* and FA* 85/1.4 are the same optical formula. The >> A* is a little more general purpose like the 77 limited. The FA* is >> really designed for portrait work. It's sharpness in the longer focus >> ranges is not as good as the A* or limited unless stopped down to at >> least f8. But it does great portraits. > > 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! :-) > > Cheers, > Sylwek > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
