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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-17-2019, 05:52 AM
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Here is my Pentax-A 35-70mm and Pentax-M 80-200mm on a couple of ME Super bodies.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-17-2019, 05:40 AM
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If you want to stick with the vintage of the camera, then for a tele the Pentax-M 80-200mm f4.5 is really quite good. I have one and it would probably be tops for film, and mine is well above average on my K-70 (better sharpness and colours than the very recent DA-L 55-200mm).
I also have the Tamron SP 60-300mm, and that is noticeably better optical performance on digital than the M 80-200mm. So if you want lenses that you can use on the KX and also on a 20+Mp digital camera then the Tamron SPs or the Pentax A series would be better (and you can get the PK-A adapter for them). I have a couple of A series lenses (including the 35-70mm f4) and they look perfect on my ME Super, they look like they belong. Anything later, i.e. the F series, the lenses look wrong on the old camera bodies.
I agree with Astro-baby that the best "look" is the similar-age lenses, which were usually very good for film photography (especially the Pentax M, A and the Tamron SP). The Tamrons look like they are third party though, where the Pentax lenses match visually.
Of all my lenses from the 1970s to 1990s, only one has any evidence of balsam separation (the Tamron 35-80mm) and even that one has no problems with the image unless I pixel-peep on macro pictures.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-16-2019, 04:53 AM
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If you are prepared to go to the next generation, the M series zooms were mostly really good and look a lot like the K series. I have a M28mm, M40-80mm and a 80-200mm - all three would total under a hundred pounds and would be quite readily available, as would the shorter zooms - the M 35-70 scores really well on this forum. The M lenses look perfect on the K or M bodies.
As johnha says, the combinations of focal lengths give heaps of choices if you are prepared to go third party of similar vintage. I suggest that the pick of the crop from Tamron, 35-80mm would be a brilliant functional addition to the KX. I had one on my LX for a decade as my first choice lens, bought in 1981.
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