[slackercruster]

Pentax or 3rd party. Film era or digital.

What is on your list of top 10 legendary lenses?

(If you don't have 10, list whatever you can offer to the dicussion.)

[jezza323]

M/A/F/FA 50mm f1.7 - sharp wide open, great lens

thats all i have to add

[Col]

A☆200mm F4 Macro

[Zav]

Voigtlander 125 Macro, FA31Ltd

[Nick Siebers]

I am not sure if they qualify as "Legendary", but of the more unusual and excellent lenses I have owned I would include:
Tokina AT-X 90mm f/2.5 macro AKA "Bokina"
Mamiya Sekor 58mm f/1.7 M42 mount
Pentax-A 16mm f/2.8 fisheye
Pentax-FA 43mm f/1.9
Pentax FA 20-35mm f/4
Macro-Takumar 50mm f/4 1:1 macro
Pentax SMC 35mm f/2

They all had/have some special charms I have not necessarily found elsewhere.

[jremick]

There are lenses that are on my list in which I don't currently know are on the list (ie. I'm still discovering which lenses are amazing and then I want them), haha. So far it's been these (the first three I already own)

- DA* 50-135
- FA31 ltd
- DA15 ltd
- FA77 ltd

I don't know if these would be considered legendary, but they're top lenses and on my list

- DA* 55
- DA* 60-250
- DA 10-17 fisheye

[gofour3]

For me legendary is a term I would give to a lens that is so good it out performs anything thing else in its focal range. I have around 50 Pentax lenses and lots are classics, like the K35/3.5, K200/2.5, FA43/1.9 and so on.

However I would only consider two of my Pentax lenses as “Legendary”:

1) K28/2
2) K50/1.2


I only shoot film, so I’m using these two legends as they should be on a FF camera. The K28/2 and K50/1.2 are my “Hall of Fame” lenses!

Phil.

[JinDesu]

Legendary? Legends in my mind are lenses that are amazing, rare, and amazing.

FA*250-600
FA*300 F2.8
FA*600 F4
A 50mm F1.2
Zeiss 35mm F2 T*

And for special mention, despite it not being rare, the sharpest lens I know of in Pentax's stable (and I want one)
FA 50mm F2.8 Macro

[TaoMaas]

Vivitar Series 1 90-180 flat-field zoom

[vrrattko]

uf....don't know if legendary but those i would like to try if i have huge extent of money:
A*85/1.4 , A*200/2.8 , F*300/4.5 , K28/2 , A 50/1.2, DA15/4 and Zeiss 21/2.8

but i don't have that extent:
so I'm more than happy with what I have, but certainly would welcome DA15/4 and Sigma 30/1.4 to my collection

[SteveM]

The ones that I use regularly;

K28/2.0
K35/3.5
Tak 83/1.9
K85/1.8
FA 77ltd
DA*50-135
A*200/4 Macro
A*300/2.8
A*600/5.6
A*1200/8

There are others that might replace some of these, like the 85/1.4, but I'm done buying lenses for a while.

[Kerrowdown]

Maybe not legendary but I'm certainly pleased with mine which I guess is what really counts.

SMC Pentax-A 15mm F3.5
SMC Pentax-A 24mm F2.8
SMC Pentax Shift 28mm F3.5
SMC Pentax-A 50mm F1.2
SMC Pentax-A* 85mm F1.4
SMC Pentax-A* 135mm F1.8
SMC Pentax-A* 200mm F2.8 ED.
SMC Pentax-A* 300mm F4

[northcoastgreg]

If you go by reputation and confine it to Pentax K-Mount lenses, a top ten list might look something like this:

K 28/2
K/A 50/1.2
A* 135/1.8
A* 85/1.4
A* 400/2.8
FA 31/1.8
FA 43/1.9
FA 77/1.8
FA* 85/1.4
F/FA* 250-600/5.6

[Cambo]

FA* 24 F2
FA* 85 F1.4
F* 300 F4.5
FA* 200 F4 macro
FA* 80-200 F 2.8
FA* 250-600 F 5.6
Limited 31
Limited 43
Limited 77
A* 50 F 1.2

IMHO. There are others...

Cheers,
Cameron

[8540tomg]

My list includes only those lenses I have actually handled and used.

Some of them I now own while others slipped through my fingers as they
were either unaffordable or unavailable.

For what its worth:

SMC Pentax K 24/2.8
SMC Pentax K 50/1.2
SMC Pentax DA 70/2.4
SMC Pentax K 85/1.8
SMC Pentax A 100/2.8 macro
Tamron SP 180/2.5
SMC Pentax K 200/2.5

Tom G