New (to me) F series 24 - 50mm lens. First outing.

I've been using the 'A' series 24 - 50 for a while and have been very impressed with it. Unfortunately, my eyes are not what they were and I get the odd miss focus so when I saw an 'F' series for sale, I grabbed it since it is the same optical formula. There doesn't seem to be a hood for it so you have to use your hand if you shoot into the light. That aside, I'm really pleased with it. (Yes, I know it's set to manual but I'd just been fiddling with it!)

Here are a few from my first foray with it ....
















Certainly recommend this one - if you can find one. They seem a bit rare.

Very impressive, a great option for a full frame and autofocusing wide angle lens at a reasonable price.

That last one is a superb skyscape . The top right corner seems a bit dark - was the sky really like that, is it a wide angle lens lens effect, was a polarising filter used (etc.)?

It look like an interesting lens for APS-C, too, as well as full frame - a compact, light weight, short standard zoom equivalent to the 35-70mm that came with my first SLR (nostalgia sets in...:wink.

Steve

Looks like a cracking lens to me.

May I ask if you used a tripod. My old hands are getting very shaky and I can't seem to achieve this level of sharpness any more. Thanks. Lovely shots. Regards John

To answer the questions, the dark sky is due to putting too strong a grad ND filter over the lens (I only had the one with me). They are all hand held. Steady hands are about all that does work properly these days ! My optician is starting to talk about cataracts so I'm not looking forward to that.

Looks good to me. Like number five... beautiful sky but a little dark?

Graham

I always enjoyed this little lens - it may be the same optical formula but I found it to handle strong lighting/flare better than the A series version.

Nice selection of photos, I think you'll have a lot use from it

p.s. The lens hood is reportedly a pentax RH-B 60mm

Agree.

What a sky though, it's like feathers