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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
11-05-2018, 08:25 AM
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The Pentax-D FA 50 is one of my favorite lenses. I use it more than my Pentax 24-70. It has a level of sharpness that I've just never seen before in a 50mm lens designed for an SLR or DSLR. The only problem I've ever had with it, and it's more me and the camera rather than the lens, is that it can be sometimes difficult achieving critical focus at wide open apertures. For instance, focusing on a model's eye, if the camera or the model moves even minutely, can result in the eyelashes being tack sharp with the pupils being slightly less so. It becomes evident on a 4k monitor looking at 100% pixel resolution, but for casual prints, not so much.
What surprises me even more however is the lens' resolving power at the edges wide open. It's just silly sharp at the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the frame. I'd love to see a 24mm or 35mm prime from Pentax with the same design ethos.
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