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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-22-2019, 04:36 PM
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Same dilemma sometime ago and I go with DA*55 because I want the WR feature. I like to shoot in rain.
I have seen some testing image of the two here, can’t find the link. 55 seem to be the winner to me when talk about sharpness at pixelpeeping level.
But overall rendering of 43 looks very good. It is something in there which make the image looks interesting to my eyes (I can’t explain.)
2 more points adding to your list.
-43 has better looking starburst (I shoot at night a lot)
-43 seem to have better flare control, which is something hard to fix in post production.
I would go with better overall image rendering. I test all (still in production) Pentax lenses from 40 to 55 mm before I ended up with 55. Note that I live in Japan and back then most store around me had all Pentax (still in production) lenses for us to play. It was also long before the new 50 came out.
3 lenses stand out to me (Not too hard to guess.). DA40 limited, FA43, DA*55.
40 is the fastest autofocus performer but f2.8 is too slow for what I want. I had a FA50macro f2.8 back then and for what I like to do, I rate the old FA heigher than the 40 limited.
Image from 55 looks...well, it is very pleased to look at. I think most people can tell right a way that it made by an expensive lens.
43 is not far behind. But again, something there in the image produced by 43 (in a good way).
None of still in production FA or DA 50 could give me the feeling I get from 43, 55. I mean, those 50 are all good and sharp but I didn’t get the same feeling, that’s all.
My 2 cents, if I didn’t want a weather sealed lens, I would go with the 43. And it sounds like you already have 77? and like it. That is another good reason to just get the 43 and 31 next. I really like my 55* but the flare make me crazy.
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