On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote:
As far as I can tell that'd be people/portraits. Mainly snaps in and around
the house, we have a 15-month old son to document :o)
I have been using the FA50/1.7 for that with as much success as I am
going to get. It has a flat field of view, which is apparent (to me)
wide open as an improvement to the A50/1.4. Not that I have
systematically tested them, I would not.
I'll see whether she would like to have a wider lens later. Does anyone have
a recommendation for a Ka mount lens in the 28 to 35 range? The great lenses
at great prices in this range appear to be K and M lenses...
Are we talking film? Stan's site is still a good reference for that:
http://stans-photography.info/
My summary would be: FA35/2.0 and FA28/2.8 are extremely good lenses
for the money. The hard-to-get 2.0 K-variants of these lenses are also
great if heavy. The 3.5 K-variants are indeed slow, but have other
redeeming characteristics in sharpness and distortion, and also price,
but they may not be too easy to get. I have the K3.5s, but don't use
them as much as I ought to :-(
YMMV,
Kostas
