l I'll second Frank's comments regarding your sister. Beautiful lady, excellent photo. Paul On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:24 PM, frank theriault wrote:
> On 6/27/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 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! :-) > > Does your sister have a name and phone number, Sylwek? She's quite > beautiful. > > <just joking> > > Seriously, it's a lovely portrait of a beautiful woman. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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
