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Chris_K · 10-10-2021, 07:14 AM - **5 Likes**

A first frosty morning this autumn. SMC DA 21.

ChristianRock · 10-11-2021, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by Chris_K

A first frosty morning this autumn. SMC DA 21.

Breathtaking!

Chris_K · 10-12-2021, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by ChristianRock

Breathtaking!

Thank you!

**bobbotron** · 10-16-2021, 05:44 PM

I've been interested by this lens for a while, this is a great thread, keep it coming.

Sage97 · 10-17-2021, 09:33 AM - **4 Likes**

ChristianRock · 10-28-2021, 07:49 PM - **2 Likes**

I have managed to get a little flare out of the HD DA 21mm Limited... but it's not a bad kind of flare.

Jonathan Mac · 10-29-2021, 06:58 AM

I like my 21mm but it's included in the DA Limited club, so there has been a club for it for years. This "a club for every single lens" thing is getting quite tiresome.

ChristianRock · 10-29-2021, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by Jonathan Mac

I like my 21mm but it's included in the DA Limited club, so there has been a club for it for years. This "a club for every single lens" thing is getting quite tiresome.

Usually lenses that have a strong love/hate relationship end up having their own club, sooner or later... and we don't want the zoom guys to have all the fun with their "...show us what it can do" threads, now do we

And technically it's for the SMC and HD versions, so two lenses (in my opinion the optics of the HD version were tweaked a little bit to make it a tad sharper at the corners and a tad less sharp in the center, but that's a discussion for another day...)

But I see your point... I'm not the OP so I'm just babbling I guess, but everyone is free to post in this one (or not...)

**mroeder75** · 01-24-2022, 11:04 PM

Originally posted by ChristianRock

More from Orlando with the K-3.

These K-3 pictures took me much longer to edit and I'm not sure the results I get with the K-3 are worth the extra resolution... though now that I calibrated the K-3 with the 21, the sharpness is just staggering. I don't get anyone who says this lens isn't sharp. Before my AF Fine Tuning (I had to do a -5) it looked unsharp when pixel peeping, while still seeming in focus (the huge DOF from being a wide angle is what does that, I guess - making it still look in focus when viewing small, yet seeming slightly out of focus when pixel peeping, which at first I mistook for the lens just not being quite as sharp as others).

But I get more satisfaction out of the K200D... for sure... yet I get more detail from the K-3. I wish I could have both... (the cake and the eating...)

Looks very sharp.

**StigVidar** · 06-07-2022, 11:59 AM - **9 Likes**

Pentax K-3 Mark III - smc PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited
Exposure: 1/350 sec at f / 8,0, ISO 100
Focal length: 21 mm
Place: Hå Rogaland Norway
Date: 15.10.2021

**PocketPixels** · 01-03-2023, 06:22 PM - **4 Likes**

A tie for my favorite lens, with the DA 10–17mm equal in my affections…but I use the DA21mm FAR more often.

Took these two photos about 30 minutes apart:

Golden Gate Bridge sunset (with a couple having a photo shoot in the middle ground!):

Golden Gate Sunset_5x7_small_PTAX9671 by PocketPixels, on Flickr

Palace of Fine Arts at blue hour:

Palace of Fine Arts (small_PTAX9727) by PocketPixels, on Flickr

**bobbotron** · 03-07-2023, 07:48 PM - **4 Likes**

I just got an HD copy of this lens. It's great! I'm vaguely convinced SR + higher shutter speeds in my K3iii isn't super great with it, but might be confirmation bias.

Here are two recent photos I like from it.

**bobbotron** · 05-02-2023, 06:46 PM

A peculiar bridge in Smith Falls, Ontario.

**bobbotron** · 07-31-2023, 07:00 PM - **2 Likes**

Works well with strobes too!

21mm HD

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Chris_K Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Poland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,800	A first frosty morning this autumn. SMC DA 21.

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ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Originally posted by Chris_K A first frosty morning this autumn. SMC DA 21. Breathtaking!

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Chris_K Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Poland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,800	Originally posted by ChristianRock Breathtaking! Thank you!

10-16-2021, 05:44 PM	#34
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	I've been interested by this lens for a while, this is a great thread, keep it coming.

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10-28-2021, 07:49 PM - 2 Likes	#36
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	I have managed to get a little flare out of the HD DA 21mm Limited... but it's not a bad kind of flare.

10-29-2021, 06:58 AM	#37
Jonathan Mac Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 10,911	I like my 21mm but it's included in the DA Limited club, so there has been a club for it for years. This "a club for every single lens" thing is getting quite tiresome.

10-29-2021, 09:08 AM	#38
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Originally posted by Jonathan Mac I like my 21mm but it's included in the DA Limited club, so there has been a club for it for years. This "a club for every single lens" thing is getting quite tiresome. Usually lenses that have a strong love/hate relationship end up having their own club, sooner or later... and we don't want the zoom guys to have all the fun with their "...show us what it can do" threads, now do we And technically it's for the SMC and HD versions, so two lenses (in my opinion the optics of the HD version were tweaked a little bit to make it a tad sharper at the corners and a tad less sharp in the center, but that's a discussion for another day...) But I see your point... I'm not the OP so I'm just babbling I guess, but everyone is free to post in this one (or not...)

01-24-2022, 11:04 PM	#39
mroeder75 Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Iowa Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,601	Originally posted by ChristianRock More from Orlando with the K-3. These K-3 pictures took me much longer to edit and I'm not sure the results I get with the K-3 are worth the extra resolution... though now that I calibrated the K-3 with the 21, the sharpness is just staggering. I don't get anyone who says this lens isn't sharp. Before my AF Fine Tuning (I had to do a -5) it looked unsharp when pixel peeping, while still seeming in focus (the huge DOF from being a wide angle is what does that, I guess - making it still look in focus when viewing small, yet seeming slightly out of focus when pixel peeping, which at first I mistook for the lens just not being quite as sharp as others). But I get more satisfaction out of the K200D... for sure... yet I get more detail from the K-3. I wish I could have both... (the cake and the eating...) Looks very sharp.

06-07-2022, 11:59 AM - 9 Likes	#40
StigVidar Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Norway Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 705	Pentax K-3 Mark III - smc PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited Exposure: 1/350 sec at f / 8,0, ISO 100 Focal length: 21 mm Place: Hå Rogaland Norway Date: 15.10.2021

01-03-2023, 06:22 PM - 4 Likes	#41
PocketPixels Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 385	A tie for my favorite lens, with the DA 10–17mm equal in my affections…but I use the DA21mm FAR more often. Took these two photos about 30 minutes apart: Golden Gate Bridge sunset (with a couple having a photo shoot in the middle ground!): Golden Gate Sunset_5x7_small_PTAX9671 by PocketPixels, on Flickr Palace of Fine Arts at blue hour: Palace of Fine Arts (small_PTAX9727) by PocketPixels, on Flickr

03-07-2023, 07:48 PM - 4 Likes	#42
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	I just got an HD copy of this lens. It's great! I'm vaguely convinced SR + higher shutter speeds in my K3iii isn't super great with it, but might be confirmation bias. Here are two recent photos I like from it.

05-02-2023, 06:46 PM	#43
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	A peculiar bridge in Smith Falls, Ontario.

07-31-2023, 07:00 PM - 2 Likes	#44
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	Works well with strobes too! 21mm HD

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