Only fair I post some of my own. I have hundreds of great shots made with the FA43. A good number of the portraits are not available for me to share. But more than once I have been told I have taken the best photo of the subject
they have ever seen. These end up hanging in their homes. Wow, that makes me feel good!
Such portraits are always with the FA43 or FA77. I've used these lenses a lot and have learned how to get the best from them. It does take extensive practice and paying attention to all the photographic variables that are in play at a given moment. Perhaps I don't really need them, but I know them now and am not likely to find better. (I don't shoot Pentax any more but continue to use these lenses on Olympus MFT. But I will show only examples from Pentax bodies here.)
None of these shots are unprocessed because what's the point? What hits the sensor of the camera is not what my eyes saw. As a photographer I want to share what I experienced.
This one shows off some nice bokeh and takes me back to that precise spot with that exact light and shade, five years ago this month.
I didn't nail the focus but that likely helps the mood through this store window. I like the confusion of reflections from the different media. The FA43 captures a dimensionality of objects that is not limited to rendering faces.
In fact, it can do the same thing with architecture.
I think this is the best lens Pentax has made to date. Someone apparently agreed, because it's the only lens they made for the Leica system.