New DFA 50mm f1.4
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Looks awesome Good bokeh in front and behind the subject..
This is his page on Smugmug ....
https://juneauphotographs.com/Photography/HD-D-FA-50mm-tests/
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Algi
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Background rendering looks good,
The circularhighlight bokeh is very nice but not been able to yet capture an image with it that is worthy.
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Amazon UK are listing one available from GWC who also list it as available on their website at £1,199.
http://www.greatwesterncameras.co.uk/epages/BT3509.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/B...
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You can even make a barbeque knob look good
....and i can cremate a chicken leg with the best of them.
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I (and most of us) would be used to stopping down to get impressive sharpness so this is an unusual lens. I can say it reminds me of the Samyang 135 in it's sharpness from wide open.
I'm sensing the Emperor's New Clothes theory at work here!
What can it do its F & FA predecessors couldn't/can't?
I'm sensing the Emperor's New Clothes theory at work here!
i have a very similar shot to this taken earlier this year with the FA 50mm 1.4. I could not objectively tell them apart.
But it is 27 years since Pentax last released a 50mm "normal" prime. Inevitably the flare resistance, and sharpness right across the frame will be better on the new lens.
I am sure there will be tests which will show this to be the case.
But I am under no illusions that this will give give me a better photograph that could be obtained with many other Pentax 50mm lenses. i am firmly of the school that in the hands of a decent photographer , any lens can produce the goods. That goes for kit lenses and lenses with jam smeared over the front element too.
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