I see the "old skool" vultures have jumped on Mr. The Guy for him pointing out the truth about the FA 77.
Let me quickly and easily dispose just of the latest more obnoxious one.
Originally posted by kristoffon how is the focal length inappropriate? of course it's longer than on film, but are you saying that 77 mm is useless on aps-c?
The DA 70 has a fov of 105mm equivalent.
The DA* 55 has a fov of 83mm (close enough to 85) equivalent.
Both classic, established portrait lengths.
Where does the 120mm equivalent of the FA 77 stand?
Nowhere.
Quote: actually the fov change is not relevant. 77mm is long on film and remains long on aps-c.
OK, 77mm had a weird fov on film, and even weirder fov on digital crop.
Your point being...?
Quote: you just have to take a couple steps further
Aaaaah, I see.
Have you ever crossed your mind that you are changing the perspective -- critical for portraits?
Probably not.
So that you know -- there are this and other good reasons for choosing particular focal lengths over others.
Quote: what functionality does the K7 have that the 77ltd won't utilize? are you talking about distortion & vignetting corretion?
I guess, yes, he talks about that, including lateral CA.
Quote: then you don't know what you're talking about because this lens has NONE of them.
They might be small (ANY lens has some) for this particular FA lens, but CAs are a problem for instance on the FA 43.
So:
His point stands -- these corrections are possible only on D(F)A lenses, hence this is one more reason to choose modern lenses
instead of old film ones.
Quote: go back to your cave, troll
Actually you go back to your pre-digital existence ("cave").
First learn there how to behave in a civilized manner on a public, digital, Internet forum -- and then come back here.
Or, don't come back, never buy modern cameras and lenses, never use email and Internet.
You will not be missed.