[pentaxbuff]

Hi everyone, loving my K-1 with my Takumars, it is really nice to use the old primes and the results are better than I expected, my 85/1.8 and 135/2.5 give nice results however I am struggling a bit with the wide angle results? My 28 /3.5 and 35/3.5 were not as sharp as I hoped, a little soft around the edges but nice color rendition. I know I should not expect too much from the old glass but I have to say the really good primes sure produce some beautiful natural images. Has anyone had much luck with their legacy glass? I was hoping to hear of a resurgence with this glass but I don't find many discussions about it?

[Adam]

I think generally-speaking film-era wide-angle lenses really struggled in the corners and near the edges. It wasn't as easy to notice on film, but with pixel-peeping these days it can be pretty apparent. Just stop down a bit more than normal and you should be in decent shape.

When Pentax releases the new wide prime, I'm definitely going for it right away as I haven't been too happy with wide legacy primes.

[pentaxbuff]

Thank you for the reply I will keep that in mind on my next shoot, hard for me to keep up with the new glass financially at the moment but at least I have a supplier that would let me try before I buy which would help down the road.