Originally posted by rob1234 Was this crop due to vignetting or for artistic purposes?
i've just checked the neg, and in fact, i haven't crop the picture at all
this is exactly how the DA 55-200 perform on film body !
Originally posted by rob1234 How does the DA*55 perform on film? No autofocus, right?
indeed, no AF (due to the absence of screwdrive. Film body don't know how to communicate with SDM motors. unfortunatly !)
About the perormance : short version : Go ahead with it, don't worry about anything, work like a charm, absolutely wonderful but need a "A" body or better.
long version :
- So far it's still a lens that i consider to be really above everything else i've tried (i haven't the chance to try the FA ltd however).
- at f1.4, if you don't miss the focus (which isn't hard with any other focusing screen than the basic matt screen, btw !), it's tack sharp, and the transition is really smooth.
- at f1.4 the hood can in some case* produce some very slight vignetting but nothing super obvious.
*like daylight, when you decide to use f1.4 and 1/1000 with 100 iso film for ex.
- stop down to f1.6 or 1.8 and sharpness really improve (even if it was very high @f1.4)
- about color i can't tell because i've never used it with color film, but i will correct this huge mistake during the week end
However if it use the same kind of coating as the DA 35/2.4 than i can say colors are going to be super vivid even with cheap film. Yeah the DA 35/2.4 work like a charm on film
- it's a bit a big lens, and the hood make it a bit more massive, but my film body are very light so the whole package (820grm for MZ-5n /DA*55 w/ hood or 910 with SuperA) is not a big deal at all.