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ChristianRock · 03-04-2021, 04:15 PM - **5 Likes**

Been thinking about the DA 21... then I realized I had not used the Tokina 24 2.8 in my K-3 yet, to see how it handles that sensor.

Holy moley. It takes that sensor for a spin and handles it with ease. Pixel sharp.

In the first picture, its link should allow one to pixel peep. You can see the pine needles. I don't think I've seen DA 21 pictures being this sharp (sharpening in camera set to -4, the lowest value meaning no sharpening at all, and no sharpening in RawTherapee!). I had to clean up a bit of noise in the sky, because I took it in ISO 800 by mistake... and I applied a film profile (Ektachrome 100 Generic, in RawTherapee). That was it.

This one is wide open at f/2.8... I can see a lot of detail when pixel peeping, but I didn't upload the full resolution. Long story but the sites that upload full res for free, post the landscape images in either full or small size on the web...

edom31 · 03-04-2021, 07:03 PM - **5 Likes**

Sigma 50/2.8 1:1 on a ball pen:

Aaron28 · 03-04-2021, 07:19 PM - **6 Likes**

miscellaneous stuff downtown huntsville......kentmere100....my grandpa's Argus C-3 aka The Brick.....cintar 50/f3.5

Aaron28 · 03-05-2021, 06:58 PM - **4 Likes**

miscellaneous buildings downtown huntsville.....Agrus C-3...cintar 50/f3.5.....kentmere100

**paulh** · 03-06-2021, 10:39 AM - **2 Likes**

Taken a few years ago with a Tamron Adaptall-2 02B (28/2.5) on K100D:

Gary H Perth · 03-06-2021, 06:01 PM - **2 Likes**

Eyemik 28mm f2.8 on Sony A7ii (full-frame mode).

I have an oddball lens called an Eyemik 28mm f2.8. Some Eyemik's are labelled Eyemik Quantaray (including a multi-coated 28mm f2.8 with same filter size). One website states that it was manufactured by Mitake. I think the Eyemik brand is only M42 mount and the later Eyemik-Quantaray was released in several bayonet mounts (PK, OM).

With 58mm diameter front and glass right to the front, it is not a scenery lens but seems to do OK with closeups (colours are a bit flat and need some tweaking). I have a shot here showing it side by side with two superstar 28mm lenses, the Pentax M 28mm f3.5 and the Olympus OM 28mm f3.5, taken with an Industar 50-2.
Here are a few shots taken on the Sony A7ii fullframe, just to show how it does OK when the sun is well away from the front element.

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:12 PM - **2 Likes**

in a bookstore

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:13 PM - **2 Likes**

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:14 PM - **3 Likes**

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:16 PM - **3 Likes**

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:17 PM - **2 Likes**

**pepperberry farm** · 03-06-2021, 09:26 PM - **1 Like**

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**paulh** · 03-07-2021, 12:53 PM - **3 Likes**

Texas winter bleakscape...Vivitar 28/2.8 CF on K10D:

**pepperberry farm** · 03-08-2021, 04:49 AM

on the desk:

03-06-2021, 09:12 PM - 2 Likes	#12337
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	K-3 with FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited in a bookstore

03-06-2021, 09:13 PM - 2 Likes	#12338
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	K-3 with FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited

03-06-2021, 09:14 PM - 3 Likes	#12339
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	K-3 with FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited

03-06-2021, 09:16 PM - 3 Likes	#12340
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	X-T2 with Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f2

03-06-2021, 09:17 PM - 2 Likes	#12341
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	X-T2 with Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f2

03-04-2021, 04:15 PM - 5 Likes	#12331
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Been thinking about the DA 21... then I realized I had not used the Tokina 24 2.8 in my K-3 yet, to see how it handles that sensor. Holy moley. It takes that sensor for a spin and handles it with ease. Pixel sharp. In the first picture, its link should allow one to pixel peep. You can see the pine needles. I don't think I've seen DA 21 pictures being this sharp (sharpening in camera set to -4, the lowest value meaning no sharpening at all, and no sharpening in RawTherapee!). I had to clean up a bit of noise in the sky, because I took it in ISO 800 by mistake... and I applied a film profile (Ektachrome 100 Generic, in RawTherapee). That was it. This one is wide open at f/2.8... I can see a lot of detail when pixel peeping, but I didn't upload the full resolution. Long story but the sites that upload full res for free, post the landscape images in either full or small size on the web...

03-04-2021, 07:03 PM - 5 Likes	#12332
edom31 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Garden City, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,349	Sigma 50/2.8 1:1 on a ball pen:

03-04-2021, 07:19 PM - 6 Likes	#12333
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	miscellaneous stuff downtown huntsville......kentmere100....my grandpa's Argus C-3 aka The Brick.....cintar 50/f3.5

03-05-2021, 06:58 PM - 4 Likes	#12334
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	miscellaneous buildings downtown huntsville.....Agrus C-3...cintar 50/f3.5.....kentmere100

03-06-2021, 10:39 AM - 2 Likes	#12335
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,319	Taken a few years ago with a Tamron Adaptall-2 02B (28/2.5) on K100D:

03-06-2021, 09:26 PM - 1 Like	#12342
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	X-T2 with Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f2

03-06-2021, 09:28 PM - 1 Like	#12343
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	X-T2 with Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f2

03-07-2021, 12:53 PM - 3 Likes	#12344
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,319	Texas winter bleakscape...Vivitar 28/2.8 CF on K10D:

03-08-2021, 04:49 AM	#12345
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,781 Original Poster	K-3 with FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited on the desk:

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