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In-Depth Pentax Lens Reviews

Below you will find the main index for our in-depth Pentax lens reviews, ordered by category. For more details on how lenses are scored, please visit our review index. Enjoy! Details on Pentax lens nomenclature can be found on the lens terminology page. See also our in-depth Sigma Lens Reviews.

Wide-Angle Primes

DA 14mm F2.8 7.5	DA 15mm F4 Limited 8.8	FA 20mm F2.8   8.2	DA 21mm F3.2 Limited 8.5
FA 31mm F1.8 Limited 9.3

Standard Primes

DA 35mm F2.4 Lens Comparison 7.5	DA 35mm F2.4   7.5	DA 40mm F2.8 XS Lens Comparison 7.8	DA 40mm F2.8 Limited Lens Comparison 8.1
FA 50mm F1.4   8.2	FA 50mm F1.4 Lens Comparison 8.2	DA 50mm F1.8 Lens Comparison 8.5	DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM 8.2

Telephoto Primes

DA 70mm F2.4 Limited Lens Comparison 9.2

FA 77 F1.8 Limited Lens Comparison 9.2

DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM 9.0

DA 560mm F5.6 ED AW 8.4

Macro Primes

DA 35mm F2.8 Limited Macro 9.0

D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro Lens Comparison 8.3

D-FA 100mm F2.8 WR Macro Lens Comparison 9.0

D-FA 100mm F2.8 WR Macro 9.0

Wide-Angle Zooms

DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 Fisheye 7.8

DA 12-24mm F4 Lens Comparison 8.8

Standard Zooms

DA* 16-50mm F2.8 Lens Comparison 7.6

DA 17-70mm F4 SDM 8.0

A 35-105mm F3.5   8.8

All-In-One Zooms

DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR 8.0

DA 18-270mm F3.5-6.3 ED SDM 7.0

Telephoto Zooms

DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED [IF] SDM 8.0

DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR 7.2

DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED 7.8

FA* 80-200mm F2.8 ED [IF] 8.5

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