Hello Fred, Optically, I have not noticed any differences in my images.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 4:01:42 AM, you 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. F> But the A and FA versions do appear to be identical optically, though, F> right, Bruce? F> Fred

