Lensbaby Announces New Sol 45 Lens
Creative tilt lens
By PF Staff in Third-Party Announcements on Aug 16, 2018
Lensbaby has recently added a new lens to the Pentax lineup: the Sol 45 tilt lens. This 45mm F3.5 lens delivers a sharp center surrounded by a creative circular bokeh effect. It is also available in Canon, Nikon, Fuji, and Sony mounts.
We've added full specifications for the Sol 45 to our lens database. You'll also find the lens in our lens search system, deal finder, and compatibility checker.
The lens is already in stock at major US retailers:
Check out the video below for some sample photos from the new Sol:
Lensbaby's New Burnside 35: Swirl and Vignette to Taste
The first wide-angle adaptation of the Petzval lens design allow custom amounts of central highlighting.
By JonPB in Third-Party Announcements on Feb 18, 2018
Lensbaby's newly-announced Burnside 35 uniquely offers the Petzval look in a wide angle lens, and also uses a second aperture to allow manual control over vignetting. Like other Lensbaby lenses, the Burnside 35 allows photographers to achieve creative effects that are not easy or possible to realize even with post-processing tools.
Cactus Enhances Wireless Flash Capabilities for Pentax
New firmware enables wireless P-TTL, manual control & HSS of 3rd-Party flashes
By JonPB in Third-Party Announcements on Feb 16, 2018
The Cactus X-TTL system, which unifies control across different flash systems, recently added support for Pentax cameras and flashes. Pentax shooters can now enjoy wireless P-TTL when pairing Pentax flashes with Cactus triggers, and can also remotely adjust the power and zoom of other flash systems and trigger them without needing wires or an on-camera flash.
Irix 15mm F2.4 Now Available for Pentax
Premium ultra wide prime designed for full-frame cameras
By PF Staff in Third-Party Announcements on Nov 21, 2016
A new lens has recently made its debut in the Pentax K-mount: the Irix 15mm F2.4 ultra wide angle. Following an October launch in the Canon and Nikon mounts, it is now also shipping for Pentax.
This manual focus, auto-aperture, nano-coated lens is designed to deliver premium image quality and covers the full frame image circle. It has recently been the subject of a 400+ post discussion on the forum, and it has attracted plenty of attention as a possible alternative to the Pentax D FA 15-30mm F2.8 zoom for the Pentax K-1.
The Irix 15mm is the first third-party lens with the Pentax K-mount to feature weather sealing.
It is available in two variants that share the same optics: a cheaper "Firefly" (with a plastic body, barrel weather sealing, lighter weight), and the premium "Blackstone", (with a metal barrel, engraved text, full weather sealing). Pricing is set at €475 and €695, respectively (roughly $504 and $738 at today's exchange rates). Currently, the lenses are sold exclusively through the Irix web site, but this is subject to change.
Irix is a Swiss lens designer, while its lenses are produced in Korea. According to the manufacturer:
"Swiss precision and ingenious Korean solutions make for a powerful combination. Irix lenses are designed to deliver top optical performance and match the demands of full frame matrix cameras. Our wide-angle lenses successfully merge a short focal length with a large aperture. Our intelligent build combined with high quality coatings result in minimal distortion. With this guarantee, your Irix lens will quickly become your go-to tool."
We've uploaded the 15mm's full specifications to our lens database, where you can learn more about both versions of the lens:
Samyang Announces 20mm F1.8 Lens in K-mount
Samyang expands their line of wide angle prime lenses
By PF Staff in Third-Party Announcements on Aug 11, 2016
Samyang has announced the Samyang 20mm F1.8 ED AS UMC fast ultra-wide angle lens in Pentax K-mount. The lens will also be available in various other mounts.
This new lens is a welcome addition to their already extensive line of wide angle lenses and is of particular interest for Pentax users, since Pentax currently offers no ultra wide angle prime lenses in the 24x36mm full-frame format. A 20mm focal length is suitable for landscape photography and for astro photography so this lens fills a void.
The lens has the KA variant of the K-mount which means that it is manual focus only and that it has an aperture ring with an "A" setting. It can thus be used on any and all Pentax bodies, film as well as digital, and supports all exposure modes provided by the body (P, Av, Tv, M, etc.).
The lens has a fast maximum aperture of F1.8 which makes it weigh in at a hefty 493 grams (17.4 oz). For comparison the discontinued and about 1.5 stops slower smc Pentax-FA 20mm F2.8 only weighs 255 g (9 oz). The Samyang measures 83 mm in diameter and is 87 mm from front to mount.
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