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DA 35 f2.4 AL
Hi, I bought a DA35 after reading some reviews and also coming to the conclusion that an FA50 was a bit to expensive for me. I have a KX with 18-55 and 55-300 kit lenses, but love portrait pics with very narrow depth of field. I bought of ebay a Pentax A F1.7 50mm last year and really love that. In...
Posted by moose69 on 10/09/2011 - 04:57
Which lens to go with a K-5?
I found the handling and the build quality also very good and the focus was accurate and fast. For general photography i think it's a good lens though, this is also said in those reviews. Just don't buy the lens purely to take landscape photos or such.
Posted by Anvh on 10/09/2011 - 17:40
Which lens to go with a K-5?
Mike-P posted some pics he took with the 18-135 photo section. while I was highly impressed with Mike's photo skills I wasn't impressed with the IQ of the lens at all. Given how much Topaz was used on those photos it is impossible to say anything about the quality of the lens imho. I have the 17-...
Posted by Gwyn on 11/09/2011 - 09:37
Which lens to go with a K-5?
To offer a curve-ball I have the Sigma 17-70 which I can't praise enough for sharpness. Another good thought, thanks. How is it for purple fringing? Not necessarily a good comparison, but I recall the Tamron 70-300 was pretty sharp for a budget lens, but had shocking PF, which would invariably r...
Posted by ChrisA on 11/09/2011 - 10:41
Which lens to go with a K-5?
To offer a curve-ball I have the Sigma 17-70 which I can't praise enough for sharpness. Another good thought, thanks. How is it for purple fringing? Not necessarily a good comparison, but I recall the Tamron 70-300 was pretty sharp for a budget lens, but had shocking PF, which would invariably r...
Posted by simonkit on 11/09/2011 - 10:47
Which lens to go with a K-5?
As a one lens walkabout I honestly don't think the 18-135mm can be beaten. If I go out with the sole intention of travelling light (and I don't want to be restricted to a prime) then it's the only lens I take but If I need more than one it's left behind. If the question was which lenses then I wo...
Posted by ChrisA on 11/09/2011 - 16:23
Lens with the best bokeh
I want Pentax K50mm 1.2 ... What's the full description? Does it need an adaptor. I'm presuming it's MF only That's a k mount lens, will fit on your DSLR without an adaptor but it has no auto aperture so you need to use the camera in manual mode as well. There is an A 50/1.2 and that one has...
Posted by Anvh on 13/09/2011 - 20:27
Lens with the best bokeh
Oops deleted my question by mistake My question was the diff between M, A and K lenses with relevance for use on a K5 There are basicly 3 tpes. M & K don't have auto aperture or auto focus. Because the lens doesn't have auto aperture you can only use the manual mode of the camera and use stop d...
Posted by Anvh on 13/09/2011 - 22:27
Lens with the best bokeh
I hadn't really heard of Bokeh until about 10 months ago so am no expert. I think I get that it is the characteristic of the Out of Focus area in a picture. So when you say "Bokeh" I always think of the pretty little OOF twinkling lights. But am right in assuming that it is the quality of ...
Posted by japers45 on 14/09/2011 - 15:41
Lens with the best bokeh
But am right in assuming that it is the quality of any part of the image not perfectly in focus?? Yes and to be more precise it's about how the light is distributed. You've the kind that has most of the light ad the edges so they look like donuts and give a harder kind of bokeh. The first one here...
Posted by Anvh on 14/09/2011 - 15:53
Lens with the best bokeh
The AF is a strange lens, don't know if you have auto focus with that one or not. If you mean the one-off 35-70mm f2.8 with the battery pack hung under the lens barrel then no, it'll only auto focus with an ME-F. It works like an M series zoom on everything else.
Posted by Dangermouse on 14/09/2011 - 16:22
Lens with the best bokeh
The AF is a strange lens, don't know if you have auto focus with that one or not. If you mean the one-off 35-70mm f2.8 with the battery pack hung under the lens barrel then no, it'll only auto focus with an ME-F. It works like an M series zoom on everything else. Yes that's the one, wasn't sure the ...
Posted by Anvh on 14/09/2011 - 16:30
Lens with the best bokeh
Nope, aperture is the same as any other M series lens. It's basically an M 35-70mm f2.8-3.5 but with constant f2.8 and the battery/motor housing underneath. I haven't handled the lens but I do have a rather battered ME-F (keeping as if I can find a tidy dead one I can refurbish it). The focus con...
Posted by Dangermouse on 14/09/2011 - 19:00
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
Hi all. I've returned to pentax - yea!! Well, i hope to once i get a body for this lot. I've got myself some super, sharp lenses: viv series 1 A 70-105 2.8-4 smc A 35-105 3.5 smc A 50mm 1.7 smc M 50mm 1.7 smc M 28 2.8 viv A 24mm 2.8 What do you think of this lot (or some of it) for a MF ...
Posted by zealousdp on 15/09/2011 - 17:37
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
Kx, Kr and the K5 have one of the best ISO preformance of Pentax range. With the K5 you can change the focus screen for a split screen, no idea if you can do that with the Kx or Kr but i beleive you could though, but better check it. The Kr and the K5 or new in the range so not really cheap but ...
Posted by Anvh on 15/09/2011 - 21:11
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
The Kr and the K5 or new in the range so not really cheap but with some luck you could maybe find a good Kx. I did look at Kx, but I don't think it has Focus confirm (maybe a beep, though??) How good is the viewfinder?
Posted by zealousdp on 16/09/2011 - 18:18
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
K-x has focus confirm, the green hex. It doesn't have focus point indicate, the red rectangles.
Posted by nass on 16/09/2011 - 18:38
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
I take it you want something second-hand rather than new. For good viewfinders, then the K10D/K20D range are great, Pentaprism as opposed to Pentamirror. There is a third camera that is all but forgotten. The *istDS. Yes it's "only" 6Mp, yes it "only" takes AA batteries, but, it is well made,...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 16/09/2011 - 23:55
Great MF lenses but which body to buy?
We were sorry in a way we disposed of our 2 *istDS cameras, they were excellent. I couldn't bear to part with mine, so I lend it to my (adult) kids and take it back when I go travelling (smaller and lighter). bb2
Posted by beachboy2 on 18/09/2011 - 09:29
Vivitar 135mm f2.8 - Komine Made
I beg to differ, the whole point is you have full manual control and the K135 is a superb lens and I think someone is selling one in the classifieds A) Yes the K 135/2.5 is a superb lens. B) The SMC Takumar 135/2.5 is the same lens optically, just a different mount. C) You can still have full manu...
Posted by womble on 18/09/2011 - 18:43
