Thanks, William. Sounds like good advice. I bet the bokeh is a lot nicer
on the DA* than FA too. I shall keep saving I think. :-) Cheers,
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Robb" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thibouille"
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Margus, what are your findings about sharpness, specially wide open?
Supposedly (I insist, I can't compare myself) the FA50 is soft wide
open and DA*55 is quite sharp even wide open.
This is what I found. I'm not sure if I'd call the FA50 to be soft wide
open, but it certainly lost a lot of sharpness wider than f/2.8. The DA*
lens is only very slightly less sharp wide open than it is stopped down to
f/4 (where it sings).
By f/8 there isn't much to say between the two, so if you spend your life
stopped down to 5.6 or smaller, the DA* is probably not the lens for you.
However, if you like to shoot wide open and have decent sharpness, then
you have to decide if you can stomach the cost of admission.
The DA* does come with a very impressive lens hood.
William Robb
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