Unfortunately not. But if you like your gin I can highly recommend them. https://silentpooldistillers.com/

Yes, hic

No, seriously it is the still at the Silent Pool distillery near Guildford. A very friendly bunch they were, allowing me in to photograph while they were in full flow bottling up the latest batch.

I placed Rio in the shade, used an aperture of 2.8 to get the circular bokeh I wanted. Shutter speed was 1/1000 and I used direct flash with a diffuser in HSS mode to give him the fill light required.

K1 + DFA* 50mm 1.4 +AF540 flash

The detail in these is amazing

Interesting. I must give this a try sometime.

For those interested here is a link to a full size jpeg. this has been produced from the raw file using the same settings but not resized or cropped or had any output sharpening applied.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1792/42865207385_2a08633420_o.jpg

Very much agree John. The 3D pop of the FA Ltds, especially the way the 31mm Ltd transitions from in-focus to out-of-focus mark these out as special lenses that a "test" cannot even score.

On many levels this new DFA 50mm lens may not be able to outperform say a FA 50mm, but there will be some levels that it can due to optical advancement in technology or AF speed For this reason alone i believe this lens will sell very well.

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.

Nice capture, especially the second. Having worked in the metals business, images like this interest me.