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Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY

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P. Chong

P. Chong

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Homebound. So shoot the garden. Fern with back lighting from afternoon sun. Fujifilm GFX100 with GF50 + 18mm tube.


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tsjanik

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Satrycon said:
nice shot
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Thank you.


Ed Hurst said:
Nice, Tom! Out of interest, which 75mm is it?
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Ed, Thanks, the FA version. An excellent lens, and additionally very compact and light (likely the lightest MF lens). I believe it's the same optical formula as the A version. I do appreciate the solidity and precision of the A versions, but I also appreciate AF.

NB I should mention that this is a heavy crop and ISO 3200. Recently I have been examining some old slides and have been reminded that the level of performance of modern cameras is remarkable.
 
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D&A

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Yes, the FA 75mm as Tom mentioned is incredibly small (read: tiny) and light, especially for a MF lens. The one FA lens that always fools me is the FA 150mm f2.8. It's of course quite a bit larger in size (somewhat akin to the FA 120 f4 macro), yet is a featherweight as though they neglected/forgot to put most of the internal glass elements inside. If only Pentax could come up with a lighter weight MF camera body to use with one these light weight lenses, they would once again have a very competitive MF system to compete with the recent additions by Hasselblad and Fuji in terms of weight and size when body/lens combo's are taken into consideration.

Dave (D&A)
 
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Ed Hurst

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Thanks guys - i have experimented with the 75mm FA in the past and found it to be good. However, in the end, my 75 of choice is the 6x7 75mm f2.8AL. I find it to be exceptionally good in various ways, but certainly larger than the 645 FA!
 
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