On Sep 28, 2005, at 4:01 AM, Fred wrote:
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.
But the A and FA versions do appear to be identical optically, though,
right, Bruce?
I have both as well. While the focus ring is thinner on the FA, I
don't find it to be any difficulty. Since I obtained the FA, I find
myself using it a lot for both AF and MF. They are supposed to be
optically identical, and the performance I see with them bears that out.
Godfrey
