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SMC Pentax-A 50mm F2.8 Macro
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$255.00
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9.6
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supersize
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Description:
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This was the first Pentax 50mm macro lens to employ such a fast aperture.
| Weight | Length | Filter Diameter | Min. Focus | Max. Magnification | | 220 g | 5 cm | 49 mm | 23.5 cm | 0.50x | | Diagonal FOV | Horizontal FOV | Horizontal FOV on Digital | Min. Aperture | Optical Construction | | 47 degrees | 40 degrees | 27 degrees | f/22 | 6 elements, 4 groups, 6 blades |
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Ole
Administrator
Registered: September 2006
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Posts: 1784
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Review Date: Sun January 7, 2007
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Would you recommend the lens? Yes |
How much did it cost? (U.S. Dollars): $375.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Build quality, a real pleasure to use.
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Cons:
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Max. magnification 1:2
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This macro lens is small and compact and a pleasure to use with its smooth focusing and all-metal lens barrel construction. It focuses down to 24 cm and provides 0.5 magnification on a film camera. It must be used with an extension tube to get to life size (1:1) magnification. It is very easy to fine tune focus. The lens can also be used as a normal lens, but focusing is a bit more difficult on faraway objects than on a standard 50mm lens, which has a one or one and a half stop advantage over the macro.
Optically and mechanically I can't find any flaws at all. This lens is SHARP:
http://www.pbase.com/ooest/image/37872621
For macro photography I do prefer a longer focal length, though, at least 100mm which allows for more distance to the subject.
Max. aperture: 2.8
Min. aperture: 22
No. of aperture blades: 6
Closest focusing distance: 24 cm
Max. magnification: 0.5
Filter size: 49mm
Weight: 220g
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philmorley
Pentaxian
Registered: March 2007
Location: in a house in Armidale, Australia
Posts: 472
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Review Date: Thu April 19, 2007
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Would you recommend the lens? Yes |
How much did it cost? (U.S. Dollars): None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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small, sharp
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Cons:
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only 1:2
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the only lens I regret selling. It only goes to 1:2 and I wanted 1:1 but simply its small and sharp and I look back at the images I took with it, and they have a nice look (if the person who bought sees this, I want it back!  .
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Mapleleaf-Mick
Member
Registered: November 2007
Location: Saskatoon, Canada
Posts: 62
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Review Date: Mon March 31, 2008
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Would you recommend the lens? Yes |
How much did it cost? (U.S. Dollars): None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Construction, sharp images
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not 1:1
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Bought it new over 25 years ago and never regretted the purchase. Use it exclusively for macro work. Extremely sharp. Great construction and a joy to focus. Some times would have liked a 100mm macro but the majority of the time, this lens did it all for me. Some of my best shots were taken with this lens. Highly recommended.
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jsherman999
Pentaxian
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 3719
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Review Date: Mon January 12, 2009
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Would you recommend the lens? Yes |
How much did it cost? (U.S. Dollars): None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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One of the sharpest Pentax primes, color, contrast
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Cons:
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none
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A superb prime, scintillating colors and contrast. And it's one of the sharpest lenses I've used.
I've owned the FA version of this also, and it's essentially the same lens - in fact, this one may be sharper.
It has the perfect throw - I can manually focus this as easily as any Tak, and can even nail moving objects with ease.
It's realtively light, so it's absolutely perfect for casual macro and close-focus - no handshake like you get with 90mm+ macros.
Highly recommended.
 
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Asahi_Fr51
New Member
Registered: January 2009
Location: Epernay, France
Posts: 4
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Review Date: Sat January 24, 2009
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Would you recommend the lens? Yes |
How much did it cost? (U.S. Dollars): $135.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Optical and mechanical qualities, both macro & standard abilities, look when mounted on K100D
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Cons:
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no
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I found this lens on Ebay after missing a M50/f4 macro. It was more expensive but I never regretted to buy it..
The lens is very well built (metal) and seems made to be used for a lifetime.
Quality of pictures in standard use is close to other pentax A or M 50, and macro use is a pleasure (smooth and fine focus ring), with a nice bokeh.
Ideal for insects, flowers etc..as well for lanscape or children pictures..
I think it could be very hard to find an other lens doing this job for this price.
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