Mark wrote: "Human beings don't recognize faces by fine details and sharp, detailed portraits don't look like the way we remember the faces of people we know.That's why the "portrait lens" has long been quite a different animal form lenses intended for other purposes."
----- I've never owned a lens designed primarily for portraiture, but from what I understand, they are not supposed to be overly sharp. I am puzzled, then, about the reports of the FA* 85 F1.4. It is reputed to be very sharp close in, but a little worse for landscape shots than the FA 77. Can anyone clarify? The forthcoming DA 55 F1.4 is presumably a successor to the 85. Thanks, Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
