Originally posted by Pål Jensen
No. It is the other way around. The 77 Limited is closer to the A* 85/1.4 lens. The FA* and the Limited is as far apart as two lenses covering the same focal lenght can possibly be. In fact, I would not recommend the FA* lens unless for prortraits.
You are right! I shouldn't have trusted my memory

, suppose it is getting worse now after 40

. Here is a
good link. What I did remember firmly was that the A* and FA*85's are very different animals, but got the relationship to the 77 mixed up. So the FA77ltd should be an interesting option for someone not having the patience to find a A*85/1.4. What a pitty both are costly.
So both A*85/1.4 and 77ltd can both be considered grand children/cousins of the
Zeiss Planar 85/1.4 (scroll down for optical diagram), right? And the FA*85 has a different optical solution (see first link), even if the front group(s) are roughly the same. Interestingly, the new DA*55/1.4 lens diagram appears to remind a bit about the A* but with two extra lenses in the middle and back groups, but the front lenses remind more of the FA* than the A*/ltd. But I've forgot too much optics to dare guess what it could mean. Let's see when this lens gets available and some reviews are published.