Originally posted by sagar Finally after lusting over it since K7 launch, I placed an order few mins back
Now looking for advise one prime for people/candid photography for around ~$400.
I am looking for lighter preferably limited series one with nice bokeh/background blur Also lens should AF through camera (so some older lenses can not be considered).
Pl suggest me some nice prime in my budget
Welcome to the forum and congratulation for your new K-7.
First have you purchased the camera body only or do your have at least one lens?
Pentax is well-known for its excellent prime lenses. See for example the independent reviews at
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www.slrgear.com where the Pentax primes shine. You will have an abundance of choices as illustrated by the earlier posts.
If you are interested to photograh people, a 50mm lens would be ideal. The FA50mm f1/4 is AF and wel regarded. An alternative is the Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f1.4. It is MF but the IQ is regarded as better as the FA50mm for about the same price (~US$350).
These fast primes are really interesting to use on many situations and fascinating. I bought my Nokton 58mm for low-light outdoor shooting and I found to be using it a lot more because of the beautiful image quality. Definitely worth the investment!
Hope that the comment will help.