SMC Pentax "K" 20mm f/4

[This is a repost of my summary for the "Single in June" challenge for the US fora.]

This is the sixth month of using one of my K lenses. As I spent many years shooting slides with just a 28mm and a 50mm lens, I thought that using the 20mm on APS would feel familiar in terms of focal length. I guess 15 years of shooting a mixture of formats has hard-wired by brain into seeing 20mm as wiiiiide on APS-C. I ended-up with a few "panoramas by cropping" due to this I rather liked this lens once I got used to it. It does suffer from barrel distortion which wasn't too bad on APS-C but would probably be more noticeable on 35mm. A slight tweak in Lightroom usually helped, as did turning on the "remove chromatic aberration" feature. It does focus quite close which was helpful for late night safeties (no extension tubes this month) and the large depth of field at f/8 helped with quick focusing. The lens is much bigger than my M-series 20mm lens which is quite compact. Here are some of the images from the month.



June 2 shadow stairs par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 4: abandoned par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 11: Corvette par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 13: abstract par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 20: Oxbrugh Hall par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 21: Necton seflie par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



June 23: lion par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Luv no2

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K-1Gripped K-1 ungripped K-5ii K7 Various lenses

Stuart..

My favourite too.

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Peter



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No 2 is very sad as the bear was sitting abandoned on the bench. I hope it's owner found it again.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website

Enjoyed them all Kris - I think Shadow Stairs stands out foe me, well spotted and executed

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LennyBloke

Thanks John.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website