ah, my! love the first shot especially, irakly, thank you! but even the second one has very nice tonalities. there's something quite rich and lush about it...
and, Chuck, naughty boy. fell in love with the SA when i got a chance to try a beautiful mint copy in a store here. they had no idea the metering didn't work on my camera but i knew. fell for it anyway! it was so light and such a joy to use, especially compared with my old 28/2.8 (a beast). you can easily shoot from the hip with the SA... sigh. would have bought it on the spot if it hadn't been so pricey (pristine from a collector).
this is a very dangerous thread for me!
more more, all of you!!!