Hello Shel, I know how you feel. I have one of those and I like using it more than my FA 50/1.4. Mostly because I manually focus and it has such a nice feel and size of focus ring. The FA 50/1.4 has that small, smooth ring that many of the FA lenses have and just isn't as nice in that regard.
Have fun with it! -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, September 27, 2005, 11:31:26 PM, you wrote: SB> Today I received a gorgeous A50/1.4 from Don Sanderson Enterprises, aka SB> Cedar Rapids Lens Repair and Storm Door Company. It's a beauty! This is SB> my first A series lens (except for a few of the fancy A* lenses), and it SB> completes my collection of manual focus 50mm/1.4 optics. I'm so pleased I SB> just had to share my enthusiasm with the list. The hood from the 105mm/2.8 SB> Takumar is a nice fit for this one. Doesn't vignette on film or digi. SB> I've not tried the hood from the 135/3.5 Takumar, which I think will work SB> fine with the digi, but which is a little long and not quite as nice SB> looking on the camera. SB> Should be fun comparing this with the M and K versions ;-)) SB> Shel
