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| 03-15-2021, 12:01 PM - 1 Like | #256 |
 Originally posted by FozzFoster  Man, having clicked thru each page and looking at all these awesome images - the 43mm f/1.9 LTD is looking pretty stellar. like WOW! . . It's just that their so much character in these 43mm shots. . . . the 43 just seems to hit every time...  Quote: SMC Pentax-FA 43mm F1.9 Limited Review Introduction Pentax took the photographic world by surprise in 1997 with the launch of its first Limited lens, the FA 43mm F1.9. This was 20 years ago, at a time when film camera's were still the norm and digital cameras were a rare novelty (Nikon's D1 DSLR was still two years in the future). It was also an era of plastic zoom lenses, many carrying with them a feeling of cheap quality. The FA 43mm was a little revolution at the time: a minuscule, full-metal bodied prime lens with an uncommon focal length and superb image quality. Joined a few years later by the 31mm and 77mm to complete the trio of FA Limited (often called the Three Amigos or Three Princesses), the 43mm was created by legendary lens designer Jun Hirakawa. Its rendering and optical qualities are often numbered among the best on the market even today. . . . BTW I missed the request by the OP, in another thread, to make his choice of a Pentax 40mm easy  Last edited by aslyfox; 03-15-2021 at 12:12 PM. | |
| 03-15-2021, 12:15 PM - 1 Like | #257 |
| Originally posted by aslyfox Joined a few years later by the 31mm and 77mm to complete the trio of FA Limited | |
| 03-15-2021, 12:20 PM - 1 Like | #258 |
| Originally posted by FozzFoster You're making me want to get the trio! Like damn. SMC can be MIJ or AVN my three are MIJ SMC FA Limiteds | |
| 03-15-2021, 12:29 PM | #259 |
| Originally posted by aslyfox MIJ or AVN "made in japan" and uh... "avascular necrosis"? | |
| 03-15-2021, 12:56 PM - 1 Like | #260 |
| Originally posted by FozzFoster i'm going to guess: "made in japan" and uh... "avascular necrosis"? | |
| 03-15-2021, 01:09 PM | #261 |
| Originally posted by aslyfox my three are MIJ SMC FA Limiteds | |
| 03-15-2021, 07:45 PM | #262 |
| Originally posted by aslyfox my three are MIJ SMC FA Limiteds My 77mm is MIJ but my 35mm is AVN. I take it the MIJ is preferred over AVN, but I still love my 35mm so much haha  | |
| 03-15-2021, 07:57 PM - 1 Like | #263 |
| Originally posted by FozzFoster . . . I take it the MIJ is preferred over AVN, but I still love my 35mm so much haha Personal choice AVN probably has improved SMC over time Only FA limiteds DA limiteds never made in Japan as far as I know Last edited by aslyfox; 03-16-2021 at 03:41 AM. | |
| 03-27-2021, 07:04 AM - 4 Likes | #264 |
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a fun shoot in the woods......K-1...fa43.....af360fgz...cactus v6ii   | |
| 06-06-2021, 04:02 AM | #266 |
| 03-19-2022, 03:51 PM | #270 |
| Originally posted by Kerrowdown Aye, but someones stolen the aperture ring off these two...  they chose to remove that as opposed to replacing good glass with something of less weight and quality Last edited by aslyfox; 03-19-2022 at 03:58 PM. | |
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