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I think there's a missing punctuation in Ben's sentence - the 2-2.8 would apply to wide open portrait work with the 43.
Back when I bought mine, the rebates were $100 for the FAs and $50 for the DAs, which in my mind made the 43 a great deal. Without rebate equalization, I might easily go for the DA now.
But I'd miss the 43, it truly has some special qualities apart from the usual sharpness. Very flare and haze resistant, for one. I do find it harder to learn to work with on digital, wheras my DA 70 is a piece of cake (and I'd expect the 40 to be similar) on digital. On film the 43 shines. It really has some magic, I feel it is my best lens, and it rewards a long relationship.
Like I say though, this sort of problem I wish we all had: there's really no bad choice.
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