Bruce: > Let me correct your understanding just a little. The FA* 85 > lens is outstanding optically when used as a portrait lens. > The bokeh is wonderful and has great control of DOF. Where > it sucks is when used as a fast landscape lens. It is not > designed to perform very well at infinity focus and near it. > You must stop way down to get sharp images. People who use > it as a portrait lens (as I do) love it! People who use it > as a general purpose lens are disappointed.
Well, let me fine-tune your understanding just a little, too - <g>. While I do agree with your statements ~in general~, Bruce, I do disagree somewhat with your emphasis on it being ~so~ bad as a landscape lens. I do think it's a better portrait lens, yes, but I haven't found it to be so downright awfully soft at larger apertures at infinity to be as useless as is sometimes stated. Fred - 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 .
