Originally posted by aslyfox Questions for those with the FA Limited series ( especially the 43mm Limited )
1 - have you tried them with both a SLR and DSLR
2 - does they still have the " pixie dust " when used on a DSLR
they were designed as a SLR lens ( film era cameras ) as opposed to the DA Limited Series designed for DSLR cameras
I have often heard people say that a lens was designed for film and not for DSLR (or digital anything for that matter). I know that coatings on modern DSLR lens are better than those for "designed for film" lenses, but of course coatings technology was going through various stages of improvement even before the dawn of the digital era. I think also that lenses designed for film often show seem to require less concern for flare and internal light refraction--using silver instead of black lens "petals," for instance, though it seems to me that better control of light would be a good idea for film as well as digital lenses. However, I have never heard anyone explain exactly what lens design parameters or characteristics should be different for a DSLR versus a film lens -- anybody have any ideas about that? My Pentax-FA 77 lens, the one my wife calls our magic lens, was designed for film but seems to perform in a truly outstanding fashion on my K-1, K-3, etc. Is there some different design element that could have been included to make the legendary 77mm even better for DSLR cameras? Inquiring minds want to know. ;>)