Senior Member Registered: January, 2008 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 205 | | Review Date: October 17, 2008 | Recommended | Price: $220.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Sharp as a tack, built like a tank | | Cons: | None | |
I had the FA version and sold it. Other than the construction (more metal), I can not tell the difference on the two. They are both great lenses. A must have in my collection. The F version is hard to find.
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Forum Member Registered: June, 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 96 | | Review Date: September 7, 2008 | Recommended
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | tack sharp, great bokeh, light & compact | | Cons: | build quality a little less than FA-sibling | |
Excellent lens.
Every photographer should have a 50mm in his/her camera bag, and this one's a real gem!
Optically it's identical to the much more common FA 50mm, so in that field it is excellent.
Of course at 1.4 it won't be super sharp (show me such a fast lens that is...) but for portraits this is perfect.
From 2.0 and onwards it becomes razor sharp.
The bokeh is incredible. Creamy and soft.
The color redition is excellent aswell.
Build quality-wise it looks and feels a bit cheaper than the newer FA 50mm, but since they're optically identical, i could not care less.
Tom
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