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Shooting wide open with a 6x7 is tricky due to the shallow DOF. I would stop down a bit so you have more DOF, but still have a nice bokeh. Also a tripod is a must for this type of shooting and I would also recommend the 6x7 magnifier for critical focusing.
Really, this nice feature of your camera, called "catch-in-focus," spares you the painstaking effort of relying exclusively on your eyes. Another thing I wholeheartedly recommend: a hood. The famous "glow" that this lens produces wide open is gone, and pictures come out much sharper below f2.8, if you use a cheap rubber hood.
For taking portraits the DA 43 might be better, as its has no resolution at all in the borders and corners, when shot wide open. Pentax SMC DA 50mm f/1.8 - Review / Test - Analysis Pentax SMC FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited - Lab Test / Review - Analysis The biggest issue of the DA 50 is a lack of contrast shot wide open, as you already noticed in practice.
Build quality is of the typical high Takumar standard, and focusing is super smooth – 90 degrees throw from infinity to 20 cm/ 0.65 ft. Sharpness is good even wide open. In fact, I get better overall results with this lens than the DA 16-45 at about the same focal length when the subject has a flat surface like in architectural shots (the DA ...
Difference can be that. even at 24 mm, but with wide open aperture this should be what is wrong. Also many older(yes DFA 24-70/2.8 is old too) lenses are not that great wide open at extreme edges. Crucial thing is to get focus correct, then see if it is sharp or not using LV and manual focus, with 3 0r even 10x zooming in to see that it is at ...
The out of focus areas wide open are very nice, but there is nothing special. No unusual effects, not much flare. Generally, the bokeh is unobtrusive and functional. The lens doesn't easily produce unusual artifacts stopped down. Wide open, things are pleasant with some slight cats eyes at the edges of the frame.
On micro 4/3 It is great for 3/4 portraits and for "near macro" images - eg flowers, eyes, fingers, toes. Focus is easy to get right at F2.8. At smaller apertures the "focus Assist" functions of digital cameras helps. Bokeh is excellent wide open...surprising for a "wide angle".
Wide open the sharpness is still bad but actually not all that much worse than f/8 so I find myself wanting to shoot it wide open. After all, the bokeh to my eyes is very nice. Nothing special about it and probably a little busy for some people's taste but still one of the lens' strengths. The problem with shooting wide open are the aberrations.
It is sharp wide open beyond my wildest expectations. Looses a little bit of contrast at 1.8, but picks up at 2.0. DOF at 1.8 is of course very thin, and with the limitations of viewfinders on DSLRs (which are optimized for AF with slow kit zoom lenses), focusing is difficult, even though a split screen helps quite a bit.
the FA 77mm f/1.8 limited is a superb lens, while it does suffer from purple fringing when used wide open however that is pretty much gone by f/2.8. though the DA 70mm f/2.4 limited is technically a better lens,sharper corners,superior control of PF, and it tends to focus better than the FA77 in dim lighting...I found the DA 70mm was just too small for my manual focus needs, and I couldn't ...