[ChristianRock]

the DA 35 Limited should be better, in many ways....

I'm not seeing any issues with these two shots - maybe you need more time to let the lens work its way into your psyche....

I think it's the lower contrast/higher saturation combination that's throwing me off. A bit unlike other Pentax lenses where that combination is usually just right. You are right, I need more time with it.

[edom31]

Rumor has it that this lens is so good, that Mr. Masakazu Saori designed the DA 70 Limited based on that design.

I read about the lens serving as "inspiration" for the 70mm... Like you say, rumors.

I will say one thing - this lens is "heavy"; it is unlike the other 110 lenses I have (the 50mm and the 24mm). The 70/2.8 is metal, smooth, like a work of art. Focal depth goes from 5ft minimum to 80 feet prior to hitting infinity. Subjects pop into foucs; yet the depth of field is slim since it shoots wide open (again, while some people manage to make an aperture for the lens, I am not going for that, I'll use it as designed).

It is a true beauty.

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maybe you need more time to let the lens work its way into your psyche....

I have to give this lens a bit more effort, and use it with my newer cameras as well, to see what I get from it.

Dave is right... this is one of those lenses that when I got my first copy I was so hyped by everything I read that I thought I could just point and shoot chefs-d'œuvre with every single click.

It was dissapointing at first until I learnt its weaknesses and highlights. I can tell you, at infinity for shooting buildings and cityscapes, the Macro-Tak (preset) 50/4 blows away the A 50/2.8 on my book...


The A does great in lanscapes. For me the most detailed/sharp/colours/flowers macro (in macro mode or product shooting) is the K 50/4.

IDK, everyone's opinion will differ... one good thing about the A 50/2.8 is that it is better than average, close to stellar, in every kind of situation... not so slow at 2.8 (for a macro it is fast), it is a desert island lens, as it is very complete. You just gotta find your groove with it.

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Rikenon XR 50/1.4

[richard0170]

KP and K 35mm f3.5

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Dave is right... this is one of those lenses that when I got my first copy I was so hyped by everything I read that I thought I could just point and shoot chefs-d'œuvre with every single click.

It was dissapointing at first until I learnt its weaknesses and highlights. I can tell you, at infinity for shooting buildings and cityscapes, the Macro-Tak (preset) 50/4 blows away the A 50/2.8 on my book...


The A does great in lanscapes. For me the most detailed/sharp/colours/flowers macro (in macro mode or product shooting) is the K 50/4.

IDK, everyone's opinion will differ... one good thing about the A 50/2.8 is that it is better than average, close to stellar, in every kind of situation... not so slow at 2.8 (for a macro it is fast), it is a desert island lens, as it is very complete. You just gotta find your groove with it.

it's the only A 50 lens I've kept - all the others are gone......

[pepperberry farm]

the latest Takumar to arrive - an early copy of the S-T 55/2:

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I also found the bubbles in the Primoplan:

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[edom31]

KP and K 35mm f3.5

I love these shots... personally I am a big fan of beer bottles/glass display shots (I have 3 I took hanging over my "bar" at home).

I really liked the lighting for these. Just awesome. The first shot is better in that the window is diffused when reflected in the beer bottle; now the second shot - the little mouse makes it a big winner.

Cool stuff.

[ivanvernon]

Shots with K-3 and adapted medium-format lens Pentax-A 645 35mm f 3.5

[ehrwien]

DA*300 on K-3 III


Squirrel Portrait

[richard0170]

I love these shots... personally I am a big fan of beer bottles/glass display shots (I have 3 I took hanging over my "bar" at home).

I really liked the lighting for these. Just awesome. The first shot is better in that the window is diffused when reflected in the beer bottle; now the second shot - the little mouse makes it a big winner.

Cool stuff.

Thank you. They were taken a while apart. I had to empty the first bottle and glass of course before the second! The first was ambient light. The second was light painted with a LED torch. It was dark outside by this time..