Third-Party Lenses for Pentax

Complete database of current AF lenses

By PF Staff in Site News on Jul 29, 2011

We have recently rearranged the listings in our third-party Pentax lens database to bring you clearer listings of third-party autofocus lenses that are currently being produced in the Pentax mount.  These include offerings from both Sigma and Tamron.

• Sigma Zoom Lenses
• Sigma Prime Lenses
• Tamron Zoom Lenses
• Tamron Prime Lenses

Currently, 37 different lenses are available from Sigma, and 9 from Tamron.  The genuine Pentax lens system consists of less than 30 lenses.

Kerrick James

Pentaxian Profile

By PF Staff in Pentaxian Profiles on Jul 28, 2011

I grew up with cameras in the house, of all types, but my first SLR was a Pentax ES, the first ‘automatic’ camera, as it was then touted. My early love in photography was for landscape and nothing else, and I carried that screw-mount body with a 55/1.8 Takumar, a nice 21mm Soligor wide optic and a so-so quality Vivitar 135mm for several years, all through high school in California and college in the American Southwest. Later my favorite Pentax 35mm film bodies were the K2 and K2DMD, the LX, PZ1-P and the fine MZ-S, of which I still hold three in reserve. I amassed a hoard of quality Pentax lenses, from the 17-28mm Fisheye zoom to the 250-600mm beauty that is still superb today. I’ve shot Pentax my entire career, which makes me a rarity among my professional brethren, and I like that.

Weekly Photo Challenges

3 events hosted weekly

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Jul 26, 2011

We've added three user-hosted events to our lineup of official photo challenges, which you will find in the new Weekly Photo Challenges forum.

• Photo of the week
• Project 52
• Weekly challenge

To read more about these challenges, please visit the weekly challenge sticky.

Blurb - Special 20% Discount Code

Save when creating photo books!

By PF Staff in Deals and Savings on Jul 26, 2011

We've recently teamed up with Blurb, an online photo book creation website, to bring you a fantastic deal: 20% off any book order.

Check out the discount code here

New Forum Layout Launched

Enhanced readability and more!

By PF Staff in Site News on Jul 25, 2011

We've very proud to finally be able to roll out our new forum layout!  Please visit the forum to check it out.

Check out what features are new

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