Originally posted by yusuf Great shots. I owned two copies of Helios and been very pleased with it but somehow I found FA50 to be sharper than Helios - may be even at f2.
I already sold my FA50 f1.4
The FA was *much* sharper at f4, but prior to f4, there's a slight advantage to my 44m. I shot them both wide open a lot, but as they're different FL and aperture, it's hard to compare reasonably; wide open, the Helios is sharper than the FA @1.4... but a stop slower, so *shrug*. I'm also much happier with the 58mm FL than the 50mm FL; feels like home (the 85 f1.8 Canon was my favorite 35mm film lens). Of course, flare...
Not like I'm abandoning Pentax glass, tho; I sold the FA to buy a 43LTD