[Deimos]

Here was an attempt to shoot pretty much in the dark

FA43

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Last edited by Deimos; 01-17-2012 at 01:55 PM.

[bickrs]

Great shots David! Great examples of classic 43 style rendering

Thanks, Simon

Another from that morning.

FA43 again

[dadipentak]

pretty much in the dark

thumbs up!

[loco]

Really fantastic shot there, David!

[Deimos]

nice b&W there, very 3d

[UpNorth]

I'm thinking of maybe adding this one to the wish/buy list, and in doing my research I've noticed that people refer to two different "versions" of this lens - AIV & MIJ.
Just wondering what the difference is, what does that stand for, is one older and one newer - and are both still available now, etc?

Thanks in advance for any info,

Tim

[Chex]

AIV = Assembled in Vietnam (with Japanese parts)
MIJ = Made in Japan

Personally I couldn't imagine there being that much difference other than placebo effect of MIJ being superior because it wasn't outsourced.

[bickrs]

Really fantastic shot there, David!

Thanks very much, Lori!

nice b&W there, very 3d

Cheers - This shot was ISO800 compared to the previous, which was 1100, which I think helps with the sharpness/pop ... not taking anything away from the 43, of course

I'm thinking of maybe adding this one to the wish/buy list, and in doing my research I've noticed that people refer to two different "versions" of this lens - AIV & MIJ.
Just wondering what the difference is, what does that stand for, is one older and one newer - and are both still available now, etc?

Thanks in advance for any info,

Tim

I have a MIJ FA31 and an AIV FA77. I haven't experienced the alternatives, but I would say that the AIV is equally as impressive, if not more so, but I think that is down to my comfort with the focal length.

[Soap]

FA43

[mikeSF]

AIV = Assembled in Vietnam (with Japanese parts)
MIJ = Made in Japan

Personally I couldn't imagine there being that much difference other than placebo effect of MIJ being superior because it wasn't outsourced.

agreed, i have some of both and only distinguish MIJ vs AIV as old vs new production, respectively.

[Deimos]

thumbs up!

Thanks!

[gtxtom]

[the swede]

Wow! There are some pretty darn great images on the last couple of pages!

Im having a "down" period with photog, and just stop by here sometimes to have a look.
Im slowly coming back though... picking up the camera sometimes. I just cant find my way though...
31 and 77 always delivers though and its hard to take bad pictures with them, so thats a good thing. The 43 just dont get well with my K-7, something is going on there but i cant put my finger on it.

But.. i used my ist* for the very first time the other day and snapped away with the 43. Thats a darn nice combo! Anyway... it seems the 43 is spot on with the ist* but way off with my K-7. Will be coming back to post film shots when scanning is done

until then....
31 @ 2,8

[dadipentak]

The second is really fun, swede!

[TOUGEFC]

Wow! There are some pretty darn great images on the last couple of pages!

Im having a "down" period with photog, and just stop by here sometimes to have a look.
Im slowly coming back though... picking up the camera sometimes. I just cant find my way though...
31 and 77 always delivers though and its hard to take bad pictures with them, so thats a good thing. The 43 just dont get well with my K-7, something is going on there but i cant put my finger on it.

But.. i used my ist* for the very first time the other day and snapped away with the 43. Thats a darn nice combo! Anyway... it seems the 43 is spot on with the ist* but way off with my K-7. Will be coming back to post film shots when scanning is done

until then....
31 @ 2,8

Fun shots mate!

Dug this one up from the unprocessed folder, taken a year ago with K200D + FA77