I know George but there is very little in between them and handling would no doubt be good with both of them.

Still trying to find good photos of the two lenses that are comparable, already put the T*85 against the FA77 and well I didn't come far.
Bokeh was slightly better with the T*85 but the FA77 also had a lot to offer and some aspects of the photo where overall more pleasing with the FA77.

*sighs* it's so hard

Just read the review and see the difference in sharpness mainly in the corners. There is a difference and certainly for the pixel peepers.

You do know the Model Ts in different colours were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927.

Pete I know what you mean but not all is scientific.
I've read and seen a lot about the two and the DA*55 is certainly the better one and the most difference is in the bokeh.

I had a nice comparison about the two somewhere.... *searching*
Here is the site link

Splendid advice John... still need to pick one though

Yeah google makes your day ^^

Angela do you really think it looks cheap?
I thought so to of the white version KM till I saw it in the store and it looked pretty good actually, not something I would buy though but not cheap looking or anything.

About colours, think about the Ipod generation, they are 18 to 26 now. Won't you think that they would like it if they can customized their camera?

Of course maybe not the best strategy for the DSLR market but you see many people buying DSLR just to look interesting so for them it might be appealing those funky colours.

Indeed well done Lilly, any chance to see those photos?

Yes it shows the JPG preview not the actual RAW file on the back.

PP = Post Processing

If you are happy with JPG and don't want to spend a lot of time behind the computer but want to have RAW to save the photos that weren't perfect.
You can shoot RAW + JPG and save the good JPG and use the RAW of the photos that aren't that good.

Same here and the DA*55 sounds like a great portait lens but I don't know...
Mainly I use the DA*50-135 now and I find I'm more in the middle or long end with portrait then the wide end of the lens so I find it difficult to chose it over the DA70, FA77, (F)A*85 and T*85 at the moment.

I'm now comparing the bokeh between FA77 and T*85 and I must say that it is very hard to do.
Image quality overall is very much the same and bokeh in the T*85 is better most of the time but somehow the FA77 has something that makes it better in some respects.
It's so hard to chose

What was the solution, just to buy them all right?

No problem John.
I'm trying to figure out what lens to get next, still looking for a great portrait lens, hence Why I asked for the Carl Zeis lens.