Here's a rather extreme demonstration of flare with the FA31: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/FA31-flare.jpg
I'd noticed some odd veiling softness/contrast reduction under certain circumstances and found this example, taken at night with a strong street light just out of the frame, which showed me the flare pattern clearly. Notice how it has a sharp edge inset from the edge of the frame. A good lens hood would likely eliminate it for the DSLR, if you could fit a good lens hood with that fixed hood. Grr. For me, the 43 Limited is going to replace the 35/2 and 50/1.4 ... it slots in between the 28 and 70 perfectly. The kit I've assembled now is very complete, for my purposes: DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 and the DA50-200. All (except the 14) very compact and light, just the right FoV coverage, very high image quality throughout. The graph of FoV vs FL is pretty nice: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/FoVs-Pentax-DSLR.jpg I still use the FA20-35 too ... it's such a good wide-normal zoom for when I want to carry just one lens. Godfrey On Feb 25, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > I see... Indeed it escaped my mind (or actually memory) that you had > 31 Limited. In fact, it is fast (f 1.8) and I find it just right for > K10D (without a grip). Though I agree with you about the hood and > hence rather strange lens cap. I did not have a chance to use FA 35/2 > AL though. Although I admit that having 43 Lim, the idea of 35 mm > seems just a bit redundant - the difference in FOV is there, but it is > not that big. > > My (black) 31 Limited never flared yet. I shall be more aware that it > may flare, 'cause you say you had experienced it. > > > On 2/25/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Feb 25, 2007, at 12:18 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >>> Have you played with 31 Limited? >> >> I owned the 31 Limited first. Nice imaging qualities (but some >> annoying flare), irritatingly stupid fixed lens hood, awkward lens >> cap, big and heavy. Not enough of an improvement in imaging and too >> annoying in size and weight, with that hood, compared the FA35/2 AL >> to warrant a 3x price tag, IMO. >> >> That's why I sold it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
