Horse grazing

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Took with the pentax 50mm 1.7 I have mixed feelings with this lens. Being a manual focus sometimes the shot is very sharp and good detail and other times very disapoining. Probably due to my poor vision however I will keep it in my bag and hope for more good days.
Ian.

Looks fine to me Ian, plenty of detail, nice shot

nice sharp shot ian.

Thanks guys when its right its right but I get alot of disapointing ones when using this lens. I bought the 1.4 a month or so back but I will keep this one in the bag and use it now and again.
Ian

Nice shot... was it by any chance taken on a K10D? I'm having all kinds of problems focussing manually on the viewfinder with a 50mm A Macro. The focussing screen does not seem to be positioned correctly. I'm not referring to the focus confirmation light which is also off and discussed elsewhere. If somethings about 300mm in front of the lens I have to move it back 10mm to be in focus. I've confirmed this using a 2x Refonverter.

Never had any focus problems with film cameras and a 50mm f/1.7. They are good lenses.

shim

Hi Shim Im not sure if it was on the k10 or K100 D to be honest with you I have tried it on both cameras with mixed results hence the purchase of the 50mm 1.4 auto. To be fair though my eyes are not the best.
Ian

I wasn't with Ian at the time but EXIF data says it was the K100D...

Focus does not seem to be an issue, this is a fine shot, and the focus is sharp and well defined!

No worries!

Hi Roscoe, yes I agree nothing wrong with the lens or the camera, but I dont always seem to hit the mark with my focusing hence my purchase of the 1.4 auto focus.
Ian

I can hear him/her munching, nice detail.

Nice shot...I am still experimenting with my loan pentax M 50mm 1.7 on K20d
regards

Hi Vikram it would be nice to see the results here as well as any one else who has photos using this lens. Good luck hope you get your self some nice shots.
Ian

For the K20D, but I assume the same for your K100D?
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I have been playing around with my 32 yo Pentax SMC 30mm F2.8 and 55mm F1.8 lenses. As per the manual, if you shoot in most modes including Aperture Priority as you did with this photo, the lens defaults to wide open. Therefore the above photo was taken at F1.7 so very narrow DOF and exposure can be hit or miss although great in this instance. You need to shoot in M mode. Press the green button (or equiv) which adjusts to correct shutter speed for the available aperture, and press the shutter.
Had to learn this the hard way, then read the manual!
cheers
bb2