Bruce wrote:
>I would be very interested in your impressions of the lens optically. >I have both an FA 28/2.8 and FA 35/2.0. I am not so impressed with >the 28 and reasonably happy with the 35. If the 31 Limited was >superb, perhaps I would consider at some point replacing both of those >lenses with the Limited. I already have the 43 Limited and find the >35 and 43 fairly close in FOV. The 31 would be a better match for it. I've never used the FA 28 or FA 35, but the 31 Limited is a superb lens. It's the sharpest Pentax wide angle I've ever seen. It also sharper on wider apertures than other Pentax lenses I've used. It does show some quite heavy light fall-off at the corners at wider apertures and a certain sweet spot in the center of the images in sharpness at those wide apertures. Although its not as sharp wide open as stopped down, it could still be considered sharp at F: 1.8 - much sharper at F:1.8 than I've seen in other lenses. At F:2.8 the lens is very sharp. It is significantly sharper than the 43 Limited at apertures wider than F:4. Although I haven't made any side by side comparisons, I expect the 31 Limited to be sharper as the 43 Limited at apertures smaller than F:11 as well. P�l - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
