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FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
I am surprised though that you discarded the 50mm so quickly. It is obviously not a Ltd lens, so the construction is inferior, but the image quality is very highly regarded by most people. And surely that is the most important thing. I also have a picture using the 50mm 1:1.2, which is also a n...
Posted by m42geo on 22/06/2011 - 20:52
FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
But to to try and answer you question what about the A* 85mm F/1.4 superb bokeh or Takumar 50 1.4's. However, your 77mm must be very good anyway, you could enhance the bokeh effect even further with the Alien skin bokeh plugin, which would save you a lot of cash. Personally if i owned the 31mm...
Posted by m42geo on 22/06/2011 - 21:03
FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
No I still have my 50mm 1.4 M lens. I just want a auto focus one but better build quality than the FA 50mm.
Posted by m42geo on 23/06/2011 - 00:33
FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
The A* 85mm and the 50mm you mentioned both are not auto focus. It is such a big shame that Pentax don;t produce more F1.4 auto focus lens. How wonderful it would be if all the Limted lenses are F1.4s. Thanks for your suggestion anyway. The Pentax FA*85/1.4 is auto focus if you can find and affor...
Posted by johnwhit on 23/06/2011 - 08:44
FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
The A* 85mm and the 50mm you mentioned both are not auto focus. It is such a big shame that Pentax don;t produce more F1.4 auto focus lens. How wonderful it would be if all the Limted lenses are F1.4s. Thanks for your suggestion anyway. The Pentax FA*85/1.4 is auto focus if you can find and affor...
Posted by Frogfish on 23/06/2011 - 09:14
FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4
THe DA* 55mm f1.4 is my favourite portrait lens from the current offerings, it has the range of qualities you would expect from the replacement for the legendary 85's with the advantage of WR. My recommendation does come with a warning however, The first copy I had lacked contrast, with blacks ha...
Posted by LennyBloke on 23/06/2011 - 09:26
Vivitar or Tokina
Hi looking for some opinions, there are two 400 5.6 manual lenses on e-bay at the moment 1 vivitar and 1 tokina would they be any good for wildlife or would i be better saving my pennies and getting an auto aperture and focus ie. sigma,
Posted by T140 on 22/06/2011 - 21:30
Vivitar or Tokina
As with all of these things it depends on how cheaply you can get them. My personal limit for any manual focus lens is £100 - I won't pay more than that as by then you're getting into hefty chunk of cash which could go towards a new AF lens territory.
Posted by Dangermouse on 23/06/2011 - 17:21
Which Superzoom ?
thanks for the replies I have had a problem with dust on the sensor since pretty much day one - its driving me mad !! I change the lenses as instructed but still end up with dust that I have to remove with aperture. I understand the advice about having interchangeable lenses is part of owni...
Posted by justa on 25/06/2011 - 09:35
Which Superzoom ?
If i would go for a zoom with a long range i would probably go for the DA18-135 because that range is just very useful for every day shooting. If you need more length more specialize lenses are often better. I had the Pentax DA18-250 but sold it because i didn't like the handling of the lens and ...
Posted by Anvh on 27/06/2011 - 13:37
Sigma 10-20
I have the 4.5 and it is a really nice lens. I bought it instead of the Pentax 12-24 because of the extra width. It takes nice contrasty images. I think the 3.5 has a built in focus motor and the 4.5 is via the screw drive from the camera body. As I mainly use it outside the extra speed is not a big...
Posted by japers45 on 24/06/2011 - 07:10
Sigma 10-20
I have had the Sigma 10-20Mm F4-5.6 DC EX Lens for some time. (That's F4 to f5.6 not from F4.5 by the way) It's excellent for landscape work, see my portfolio. Like all such lenses any change of plane for close buildings say causes all your parallels to converge. Some like this effect som don'...
Posted by wvbarnes on 24/06/2011 - 10:45
Samyang 35mm f/1.4 anyone?
Judging by their previous lenses it will be PK-A fit when it arrives, so you'll get all exposure modes but manual focus. I just don't think it's much of an alternative to the DA 35mm f2.4. It's bigger, heavier, lacks AF and is more expensive. The fact that it's full frame and has an aperture rin...
Posted by Dangermouse on 24/06/2011 - 18:07
Samyang 35mm f/1.4 anyone?
Judging by their previous lenses it will be PK-A fit when it arrives, so you'll get all exposure modes but manual focus. It's certainly the case with my 8mm f/3.5 fisheye. John
Posted by johnwhit on 24/06/2011 - 18:15
DA*16-50 Comments
Thought I'd put up my initial comments on the DA*16-50. It seems to have received a lot of 'bad press', well, 'bad Internet' (which isn't difficult for any subject or object :roll:) Build quality is exactly what you'd expect from the DA* series - superb. It's has a lovely balance and feel, with n...
Posted by MattMatic on 25/06/2011 - 22:56
DA*16-50 Comments
I love my 16-50, a fantastic lens. Sharp, Weather-proof, good focal range, fast, quiet. The lens lives on my camera. Close focus is great for shallow DoF especially at 50mm. Even better paired with the 50-135. between them they really do almost everything I could ever want. For longer stuff I ...
Posted by Tyr on 26/06/2011 - 22:45
DA*16-50 Comments
Even better paired with the 50-135 Oh, most definitely! Absolute killer combination and both weather sealed too! :D It's interesting about comparing the DA17-70 with the DA*16-50... I'm not 100% sure about the differences - perhaps it's the extra stop of light through the viewfinder, or the dampe...
Posted by MattMatic on 27/06/2011 - 09:45
DA*16-50 Comments
Here's - shot wide open, f/2.8, 43mm, ISO640, 1/80s. Fractionally back-focused as the cat wasn't too happy with me taking its mug-shot! :lol:
Posted by MattMatic on 28/06/2011 - 21:58
DA*16-50 Comments
This lens is also very nice for filming because it manual focus quite easily, it's my standard film lens.
Posted by Anvh on 28/06/2011 - 22:05
DA*16-50 Comments
Now I have had this lens for some time, I'm just adding some comments... Second optical observation is that under some situations it's a purple fringing monster in JPG! Further investigation shows that it's actually Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration (LCA or LoCA) when wider than f/4, also known a...
Posted by MattMatic on 30/01/2012 - 13:45
