Originally posted by btnapa Welcome to the forum. I have the 77, 43 and 31 trio. I use all of them depending on the situation. However, for pure portrait work, I would say the 77 is the most used. A friend of mine owns the Pentax-A 85 f1.4 lens and we had a chance to shoot the same subject both with the 77 and the 85. The color rendition and the overall image quality was almost identical. I was surprised to see such a close match as the two lenses were made years apart. That is a testament to the consistency and excellence of Pentax glass. You cannot go wrong with the either. Remember the the FA 77 is autofocus whereas the A85 is manual.
Mr. Jun Hirokawa designed the A* 85 and the FA 77 is his as well and was designed as a smaller and lighter version. I owned the A* 85 and when I decided to sell it due to my poor ability to critically focus it reliably due to the challenge of poor eyesight and modern focusing screens I bought the FA 77 to replace it. I haven't ever been disappointed.
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Originally posted by Mrgoodintention I like the 77 but i can’t get a full body shot unless i move back a ridiculous amount. So i usually switch to the 50mm for the full body shots. So i was just browsing around to see if i could find a wide angle lens that has sharp imagines that i could use for indoor shoots. I’ll check out the forum, see what i come across
This sounds like a job for the 24-70, zoom will help you with getting just the right size framing when distances are more limited. The fixed focal options like the FA 31 may also work.