Not quite correct. The F and FA actually stop down as you turn the aperture until you reach the point when Soft Focus no longer has any affect - from then on it is like any other A lens. So you have the same capability.
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, June 2, 2005, 7:17:18 PM, you wrote: G> I looked through Boz's site, and it appears that there are several G> versions of this lens. Are there more desirable ones from the available G> selection? The K sounds interesting in that its a wysiwyg, i.e. as you G> change the aperture to control the softness, you see the result in the G> viewfinder, whereas the FA you always see the wide open view unless you G> do a stop down to see the actual. G> rg G> Fred wrote: >>>Anyone on the list have one of these? >> >> >> Which one? (There are two versions of 85 Soft lenses.) >> >> Fred >> >>