--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > But if I use it mostly for landscapes and shoot from > f=4 the results should be great I hope.
Yes indeed, I have meade some really great shots with this lens. So even at > 2.8 is not so good but probably better than 2.8 > version full open. > Thank you! > Alek > PS Is it similar to FA version if performance is > concerns?FA lens got great reviews... > The FA is a totally different lens. I don't have it, but from the reviews I have read I would prefer the FA lens (i) if wide open performance is important and/or (ii) if you are doing night shots. The reason for this are the IMO quite large coma wings at f2 of the A-lens (reportedly, the FA lens has a very good correction for coma). Enjoy, Alexander > Użytkownik alexanderkrohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > napisał: > > >I have the A35mm/f2: Yes, it is an all metal > >construction with excellent built quality. Stopped > >down to 4 and smaller pictures show extremely high > >contast and very high color saturation with > beautiful, > >slightly warmish colors. I like it for landscape > shots > >(amongst others). > >On the down side: It seems to lack detail; wide > open > >performance is not particularly good (outer margins > >unsharp, coma wings around light sources; still > >visible at f2.8). > >The lens seems to show what Mike Johnston describes > as > >"high large structure contrast" in his "Lens > Contrast > >And the Basics of MTF" article. > >Yes, the optical construction is identical to that > of > >the M-version but it has a different coating. > >Enjoy, > >Alexander > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
