I haven't seen very many images from this lens, and I myself had largely ignored it until I purchased a K1.
This has now become one of my very favorite lens, one I had planned to exercise this past weekend for a planned portrait shoot that got rained out. It's got a special glow at 1.4, and I love the softness it delivers while maintaining detail. And that bokeh, like melting butter!
I'm pretty sure it will be a marvelous lens for portraiture, and bonus it works well with the Pentax 1.7TC for adding auto-focus capabilities. Examples follow. All the "85's" are from that combo and most wide open. The 4th one, butterfly bush flowers, is a 100% crop, as is the second image.
By the way this is the 8-blade version
EDIT: The last one is our puppy Bella. My wife loves every pic I take of her, so she makes a great excuse for a new lens purchase.
This is an old lens I've had for years. But imagine the pictures of her with an 85 1.4!
Last edited by gatorguy; 06-09-2020 at 05:16 PM.