Originally posted by MrApollinax
Consider it payback from that last 50mm you got from the guy selling the FA*300 before I got to it
Heh, I forgot you were involved in that!
That was the FA 50 2.8 macro, and that was a sweet lens for the price. Of course, the guy who really made out was the one who bought his F* 300 for $600. I saw the lens, it was perfect - seller originally was asking $450, but came to his senses a bit.
Anyway, what intrigues me about the FA* 24 is that it has very, very good center sharpness wide open, and extremely good contrast, but not so hot on the corners (wide open) - which means it can take very 3D-ish shots that look very sharp even wide open.
Quote: It is worth to mention that the lens seems to produce a very high degree of contrast even at f/2. "Sharpness" is a combination of resolution and contrast so subjectively the image results may appear better than suggested by the graphs - probably one of the reasons for the varying user impressions out there.
Photozone's take.
That pretty much sounds perfect as an indoor shooter, and then of course stopped down, the corners sharpen up and it's probably an exceptional landscape/outdoor lens.
So I just might
get this lens. (
Get it, not buy it...)
.