Originally Posted by krs
I think it boils down to what you want to do and what LBA leads you to...
I just bought the FA 50mm/1.4 for $200 and am very impressed!
I got its grandfather, the SMC Takumar 50/1.4 for $50....and it was attached to a pristine Spotmatic ESII. For a hundred and fifty bucks, I can stand to focus it myself.