Which lens(es)
You may find it is cheaper to price lenses from the USA, eg B&H link
Digital Camera World are a very good store for stocking Pentax stuff in Oz (Melbourne and Sydney) link
Some of their lenses are competitive in price with those from the US.
The Pentax FA 50 1.4 is a superb lens, around $650 AUD - see this thread
link.
50mm lenses make good (slightly short) portrait lenses on digital.
But I'd suggest you consider second-hand kit. I never buy new lenses unless second-hand ones are totally unobtainable.
G
In the 16mm range I'd look for a nice second-hand Pentax 16-45.
G
As George noted above, the low light performance of the sensor in the K5 will more than compensate for the slightly slower and much cheaper lens.
Even the Pentax smc DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited Lens should be within your budget, neither of these will be much good for sports though, unless it's table soccer. It's slower still but optically superb.
NB: Ignore the L in the lens title on the Pentax Oz web site, it's not a DA-L lens it's a normal DA lens as you'll see from the image. An 'L' of a mistake you might say.
Actually, the www.pentax.com.au site has the 35mm 1:2.4 AL lens under the DA Limited Lens group ? ? ? I'm not sure that's right either.
The K5's built-in AF assist has it's limitations in low light and the lens that one uses is part of the 'AF circuit'.
I tried it last night on the K5 with FA31 and had to resort to the AF540 (in SB mode) to get focus (distance approx 11 meters; subject a bush in the garden).
Pentax K100D + DA18-55ALII + DA55-300
Pentax K5 + FA31Ltd + M50/1.7 + DFA100WR + M120/2.8 (+ DA18-55WR at occasion)
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16 years
Adelaide,
AUSTRALIA
I am considering a prime lens, and would like to keep the price under AUD$1000 (eg US$1010). I am looking at 50mm lens or equiv. Now I do like shooting landscapes, waterfalls and sport. Sport is the hard one, as generally need telephoto.
I have came across this one - PENTAX FA 35mm F2 AL
I will also consider other brands.
I will also consider a good lens in the low range of say 16-??? with a decent aperture for those low light conditions.
Hope some one can help.
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Pentax MZ-60, Pentax K100D Super