Appreciate the writes above. May was an interesting month for me with FA50/1.4, especially with my long awaited K-1 arrival on May 6th, which certainly spiced things up around here... As I've said before, FA50 was my first prime lens purchased back in 2008 and the main lens I shot with those first few years, so I feel totally comfortable and well acquainted with it on crop and was wondering if that sense would translate to the K-1, and it definitely did, without skipping a beat. It handles really well on the K-1 (as does every lens I've tried so far).
It's a satisfying experience every time I shoot with this pairing, thanks to having such a clear personal point of reference from when I began shooting with FA50 on my K100D back in 2008... All the focus huntings and missed focusings and wasted shot opportunities of my kids, over the course of
years... It's more of a nod to the exceptional performance of the K-1 of course, but now I can shoot with much more confidence, even with the extra shallow dof, knowing that I can get a keeper out of the situation without feeling like I have to work so hard and just hoping to get lucky... It has been making me more and more willing and eager to take portrait shots in various circumstances than I was with any previous camera... It was Grey May here every day, and I really didn't get out much relatively speaking, but with this combo I still enjoyed my shooting thoroughly every day, as casual and limited as it has been.
I am so into the K-1 that I'm seriously struggling to not put my K-3 on the market.... I keep telling myself it's good to have as a backup, and maybe at some point I'll want to shoot them side by side, and maybe I'll want to use K-3 in a situation where maximum reach is all I care about, and maybe I'll want to use it with my DA15 someday because I will miss shooting it and don't like shooting crop mode on the K-1... There, that helped, for the moment...
It's difficult to skip out on the June SIC but I just need to, as I think sticking to just the June DIC will help me to spread the love around to more of my lenses with the K-1. See y'all next time.