If there's one thing I've learned it's that there are degrees of "hopelessly" and "horrible", and as many definitions of them as there are sets of eyes in the world. In fact, I've seen pictures from hopelessly soft lenses with horrible bokeh hanging on gallery walls. It's enough to make me wonder if I am seeing what other people see when they look at the same pictures. I don't see the results from my FA*85mm f/1.4 as hopelessly soft with horrible bokeh.
Maybe somebody dropped yours on the floor before you bought it and, though there were no signs of external damage, perhaps something was knocked out of alignment internally. You should have tried to exchange it as soon as you noticed these problems. It's not an inexpensive lens and you may have been thrilled and delighted by the replacement. Len --- -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 2:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax SMC-FA* 85mm/1.4 IF on E-bay At least mine was hopelessly soft at wide open near infinity. Brokeh was horrible at near infinity too. regards, Alan Chan - 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 .
