Originally posted by farfisa What with you and all the 'auto-focus' lately?
compromise
i am selling my Super-Takumar stock, even though it is the best bang for the buck i think you can get in photography.
however the M42 mount is.. a pain, takes long to switch, and more prone to getting dirt in the camera.
when i was shooting with my film camera in cuba i was less worried, but if this was digital, the sensor would get dirty real quick.
(dont forget that you have to screw on and off the rear cap for the lens, also time consuming)
finaly having to manually select the aperture also takes away time.
i dont want M lenses, step down metering is not for me
i dont want DA lenses, because for now i like shooting with my film
so that leaves A and FA
the price difference of which is pretty negligable, considering. Also FA lenses (exclusing the FA Limiteds) have nice rubbery MF grips which are pretty responsive to focusing.
so FA it is!
(atleast until i can afford Zeiss
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