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**clackers** · 11-30-2018, 01:47 AM - **1 Like**

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Originally posted by Dewman

Does anyone have any experience with this lens? It would be the perfect trifecta.... the DA-35mm f:2.4, the DA-50mm f:1.8 and the DA-70mm f:2.4.

Just quietly, buy 'em second hand, and as MountainVision points out you could shoot all day with them on a K-1 too, in full frame mode. Dirty little secret.

Last edited by clackers; 11-30-2018 at 02:11 AM.

**Des** · 11-30-2018, 02:56 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by clackers

Thanks, mate, yes, it's really a photo of left vs right, blue vs yellow, she has to be looking to the blue instead of us for it to work. I was shooting into the sun, using flash for fill, there's contrast veil happening, I haven't even removed the flare spots in post, just left them there.I do love the dog photo with the DA70, too, it's candid street photography, it's a different thang.

Agree with every word. A flare-ectomy would have been barbarous. :-)

That cool and warm balance point is interesting. It works beautifully here. Adam Marelli (Are You Expressing Your Creativity or Just Pressing Buttons? | Adam Marelli | B&H Explora) argued that if there isn't some touch of cool in a warm image, or vice versa, you might be better to make it monochrome. I wouldn't go that far but it was a good way to draw attention to the importance of colour balance. I've been looking for it more consciously myself since.

Love the HeHo too.

Apologies to Dewman for the digression. But, hey, you have to be sold on the 70 now anyway?

**kiwi_jono** · 11-30-2018, 02:57 AM - **5 Likes**

Yep its great little lens.

Works reasonably well on K-1 too - wide open corners are not so great but otherwise quite usable.

Paul the Sunman · 11-30-2018, 02:58 AM - **7 Likes**

Uncropped images taken with the SMC DA70 on the K1:

f/8

f/4.5

f/2.4

Nothing not to like.

robiles · 11-30-2018, 03:08 AM - **4 Likes**

Oh it is not forgotten, at lest not by me. It is the next lens i wil buy, right after the DA* 11-18 (and probably a few weeks of sleep on the couch)

**clackers** · 11-30-2018, 03:45 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Des

Adam Marelli ... argued that if there isn't some touch of cool in a warm image, or vice versa, you might be better to make it monochrome.?

Gee, that's an interesting idea, Des. It would have to make sense too by the elements in the picture, you know, which was which, dominant or secondary. Must look for an opportunity in the future to make it happen by composition, or just put a small bit of cool or warm artificially into an otherwise harmonious image in post processing. Either way works for me.

And yes, that may involve my criminally underrated DA70 Ltd, who knows?

**pepperberry farm** · 11-30-2018, 04:27 AM - **8 Likes**

some of my favorites with my DA70 Ltd:

HYS · 11-30-2018, 05:19 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Dewman

I came across this lens while browsing the Internet. I don't recall ever having heard mention of it before. On an ASPC format, it would be the equivalent of the older M-105mm lens of years ago.

Does anyone have any experience with this lens? It would be the perfect trifecta.... the DA-35mm f:2.4, the DA-50mm f:1.8 and the DA-70mm f:2.4.

O no, it's not forgotten

! This is my favorite lens!

**RGlasel** · 11-30-2018, 08:06 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by clackers

BTW I think people need to stop staring at the bits in LeRolls' glamour portfolio photos and enjoy the carefully-chosen settings and the tone matching of subject and background … he points out he used to do a lot of landscapes.

I can find interesting landscapes in my own library, so of course I'm only interested in the lovely "bits" in LeRolls' work.

normhead · 11-30-2018, 08:13 AM - **3 Likes**

At one point it was the sharpest Pentax lens out there.

For people who go on about edge to edge sharpness, if they don't own this lens I don't take them very seriously. It's affordable and it's excellent.

**UncleVanya** · 11-30-2018, 08:36 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by clackers

BTW I think people need to stop staring at the bits in LeRolls' glamour portfolio photos and enjoy the carefully-chosen settings and the tone matching of subject and background … he points out he used to do a lot of landscapes.

His landscape work is so good it makes me jealous! Well worth looking at.

Dewman · 11-30-2018, 10:50 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Paul the Sunman

Nothing not to like.

Quite so! The clarity is amazing!

dbs · 11-30-2018, 01:50 PM

Hi Dewman

Have you got one yet ?
You need it to have one af prime per camera body ( going by your sig )..

Dave

Dewman · 11-30-2018, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by dbs

Hi Dewman

Have you got one yet ?
You need it to have one af prime per camera body ( going by your sig )..

Dave

I'm struggling so hard to NOT buy one!

Docrwm · 11-30-2018, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by Dewman

I'm struggling so hard to NOT buy one!

This is not a place you should visit, very specifically:
Pentax DA70 | eBay

11-30-2018, 02:58 AM - 7 Likes	#19
Paul the Sunman Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,847	DA70 on K1 Uncropped images taken with the SMC DA70 on the K1: f/8 f/4.5 f/2.4 Nothing not to like.

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11-30-2018, 01:47 AM - 1 Like	#16
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here. Originally posted by Dewman Does anyone have any experience with this lens? It would be the perfect trifecta.... the DA-35mm f:2.4, the DA-50mm f:1.8 and the DA-70mm f:2.4. Just quietly, buy 'em second hand, and as MountainVision points out you could shoot all day with them on a K-1 too, in full frame mode. Dirty little secret. Last edited by clackers; 11-30-2018 at 02:11 AM.

11-30-2018, 02:56 AM - 2 Likes	#17
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,424	Originally posted by clackers Thanks, mate, yes, it's really a photo of left vs right, blue vs yellow, she has to be looking to the blue instead of us for it to work. I was shooting into the sun, using flash for fill, there's contrast veil happening, I haven't even removed the flare spots in post, just left them there.I do love the dog photo with the DA70, too, it's candid street photography, it's a different thang. Agree with every word. A flare-ectomy would have been barbarous. :-) That cool and warm balance point is interesting. It works beautifully here. Adam Marelli (Are You Expressing Your Creativity or Just Pressing Buttons? \| Adam Marelli \| B&H Explora) argued that if there isn't some touch of cool in a warm image, or vice versa, you might be better to make it monochrome. I wouldn't go that far but it was a good way to draw attention to the importance of colour balance. I've been looking for it more consciously myself since. Love the HeHo too. Apologies to Dewman for the digression. But, hey, you have to be sold on the 70 now anyway?

11-30-2018, 02:57 AM - 5 Likes	#18
kiwi_jono Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,437	Yep its great little lens. Works reasonably well on K-1 too - wide open corners are not so great but otherwise quite usable.

11-30-2018, 03:08 AM - 4 Likes	#20
robiles Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Deva Posts: 311	Oh it is not forgotten, at lest not by me. It is the next lens i wil buy, right after the DA* 11-18 (and probably a few weeks of sleep on the couch)

11-30-2018, 03:45 AM - 2 Likes	#21
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	Originally posted by Des Adam Marelli ... argued that if there isn't some touch of cool in a warm image, or vice versa, you might be better to make it monochrome.? Gee, that's an interesting idea, Des. It would have to make sense too by the elements in the picture, you know, which was which, dominant or secondary. Must look for an opportunity in the future to make it happen by composition, or just put a small bit of cool or warm artificially into an otherwise harmonious image in post processing. Either way works for me. And yes, that may involve my criminally underrated DA70 Ltd, who knows?

11-30-2018, 04:27 AM - 8 Likes	#22
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,779	some of my favorites with my DA70 Ltd:

11-30-2018, 05:19 AM - 1 Like	#23
HYS Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 377	Originally posted by Dewman I came across this lens while browsing the Internet. I don't recall ever having heard mention of it before. On an ASPC format, it would be the equivalent of the older M-105mm lens of years ago. Does anyone have any experience with this lens? It would be the perfect trifecta.... the DA-35mm f:2.4, the DA-50mm f:1.8 and the DA-70mm f:2.4. O no, it's not forgotten ! This is my favorite lens!

11-30-2018, 08:06 AM - 1 Like	#24
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Originally posted by clackers BTW I think people need to stop staring at the bits in LeRolls' glamour portfolio photos and enjoy the carefully-chosen settings and the tone matching of subject and background … he points out he used to do a lot of landscapes. I can find interesting landscapes in my own library, so of course I'm only interested in the lovely "bits" in LeRolls' work.

11-30-2018, 08:13 AM - 3 Likes	#25
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	At one point it was the sharpest Pentax lens out there. For people who go on about edge to edge sharpness, if they don't own this lens I don't take them very seriously. It's affordable and it's excellent.

11-30-2018, 08:36 AM - 2 Likes	#26
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,468	Originally posted by clackers BTW I think people need to stop staring at the bits in LeRolls' glamour portfolio photos and enjoy the carefully-chosen settings and the tone matching of subject and background … he points out he used to do a lot of landscapes. His landscape work is so good it makes me jealous! Well worth looking at.

11-30-2018, 10:50 AM - 1 Like	#27
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	Originally posted by Paul the Sunman Nothing not to like. Quite so! The clarity is amazing!

11-30-2018, 01:50 PM	#28
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,568	Hi Dewman Have you got one yet ? You need it to have one af prime per camera body ( going by your sig ).. Dave

11-30-2018, 02:29 PM	#29
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	Originally posted by dbs Hi Dewman Have you got one yet ? You need it to have one af prime per camera body ( going by your sig ).. Dave I'm struggling so hard to NOT buy one!

11-30-2018, 02:38 PM	#30
Docrwm Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,285	Originally posted by Dewman I'm struggling so hard to NOT buy one! This is not a place you should visit, very specifically: Pentax DA70 \| eBay

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