I have no experience of autofocus 50 mm lenses but I once did a bit of slide copying with bellows and 1.7 SMC-M and 1.4 SMC-M - the 1.4 was poor and the 1.7 usable - but the 50 mm EL-Nikkor enlarging lens I now use is excellent. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Michael Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: Pentax Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 06. syyskuuta 2002 22:56 Aihe: FA 50 f/1.4 vs. FA 50 F/1.7 >I would appreciate the advice of fellow Pentax users on the following: > >I recently purchased the FA 50 f/1.4 and am a little disappointed in its >sharpness below about f/4.0 on close-focus subjects. I am thinking a >exchanging it for the FA 50 f/1.7, thinking that the slower lens might >have a little better close-focus sharpness in the f/1.7 to f/2.8 range. >I do most of my shooting in the close-focus range and rarely shoot at >infinity. > >I have also considered the 43mm f/1.9, but prefer the 50mm view. > >Any comments on the FA 50mm f/1.7 sharpness and bokeh would be >appreciated. > >Michael Cross >
