pictures of Pentax FA 100mm f2.8 macro.
Its glass elements are without defects, aperture blades are clean and work fine.

Hi,

I'm not using it, so it is time to find some them new home.
UK only, bank transfer, goods send after payment is cleared. Price includes UK delivery.
Meet in person (London) is possible as well.

Pentax FA 100mm f2.8 macro; 180£
- good condition
- pentax/asahi caps

Pentax DA 10-17mm; 270£
- good condition
- original caps and pouch

Pentax A 50mm f1.7; 55£
- good condition
- pentax caps

Kenko TC 1.5x DG P/AF; 50£
- original caps and box

Pentax AF-360FGZ flash; 100£
- good condition
- very little used
- original pouch and box

Bump and price drop.

Still available:
- Pentax FA 100mm f2.8 macro; 180£
- Pentax DA 10-17mm; 270£
- Kenko TC 1.5x DG P/AF; 40£
- Pentax AF-360FGZ flash; 95£
- Pentax A 50mm f1.7; 45£

Tamron 18-250mm and 90mm are gone.

What's still for sale:
- Pentax DA 10-17mm
- Pentax FA 100mm f2.8
- Pentax A 50mm f1.7
- Kenko TC 1.5x DG P/AF
- Pentax AF-360FGZ flash

K30 and DA* 60-250mm sold. Other items still for sale.

First batch of pics (excuse quality, had poor light and a compact cam to use).

Whole lot



DA* 60-250mm









Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Di macro







Pentax FA 100mm f/2.8 macro







Pentax DA 10-17mm

Noise reduction itself shouldn't cause that IMHO, could be worth checking your photo process, maybe there is something adding to it where you don't expect.

As Mike said above, this is how I remembered it. You are right, most of those are caused by misunderstanding. Question is why it keeps repeating. It is less of a problem (and natural) for places with large user base, keeping valuable "resources" is a different story.

Way over sharpened for me ( I do understand you were trying to rescue some blurry due to poor light/slow shutter shots here), it just looks bad with such amount. See the halo around contrasty edges (i.e tires)? that's the heavy sharpening.

Depends what performance you are asking about .
In terms of IQ both are good, sometimes I liked older Pentax one bit more in this department for some reason.
Tamron is not that heavy, Pentax is a tank .