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Inactive Account Registered: October, 2011 Posts: 1
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: October 2, 2012 | Recommended | Price: $190.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Sharp, sharp, sharp, fast, color, contrast | | Cons: | none | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 9
Bokeh: 9
Autofocus: 9
Handling: 10
Value: 10
New or Used: Used
Camera Used: K-r
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I own this lens quite a while. Great for portrait shooting. Very nice color-rendering. Contrasty pictures and lightweight. Well built. And sharp open wide, razorsharp stopped down (F 2,0/2,2). I love it.
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Inactive Account Registered: April, 2011 Location: near Berlin Posts: 9
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: January 24, 2012 | Recommended | Price: $150.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | IQ, size & weight, fast AF, bokeh wide open | | Cons: | a bit soft up to f/2.2, bokeh stopped down | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 9
Autofocus: 10
Handling: 10
Value: 10
New or Used: Used
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In 80% of all cases I use this lens and I can rely on it. IQ is very fine maybe a bit warm but I like it. Wide open the bokeh is fine but the sharpness is not best. Stopped down a bit it is quiet sharp but the bokeh... It can be a bit nervous. CAs are well controlled but sometimes too visible. I won't miss this lens. As hood I use that one from the smc M 85/2. Fits great!
Paul
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Senior Member Registered: February, 2011 Posts: 118
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: November 7, 2011 | Recommended | Price: $350.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | sharpness, bokeh, compact size | | Cons: | manual focus | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 10
Autofocus: 9
Handling: 9
Value: 10
New or Used: New
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I bought this lens new in box, many moons ago, for about $150, can't remember exactly how much.
Looking at ebay lately, I see that price has jumped like other Pentax lenses.
Much like M50/1.7, it is a sharp little lens. Sharper wide-open than 50/1.4, up to about f2 or f2.8. I would not use FA50/1.4 wide open but this lens is very usable at f1.7.
Love to bring this lens along when low light shot is required. The only drawback is, like most AF lenses, small focusing ring is a challenge to manually focus.
Same optical spec as F50/1.7, but interestingly this is one of odd lens where FA version is rarer than the F, as many have reported.
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New Member Registered: October, 2010 Location: bronx Posts: 6
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: December 3, 2010 | Recommended
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Close focus, low light | | Cons: | None | |
I was into SLR in the 70's and sold my film camera in 2001. Manly used point and shoots. Was never happy with the results. I am a pixel peeper LOL.
But enjoyed the small size of the point and shoot zooms.
In those days film canisters had muliple uses..LOL
But I broke down and got the K-X on sale in New Jersey for $400.00.
Great camera. its nice using an slr again.
I started buying alot on the old Takumars on ebay but hated using the adapter. I then moved to the M w/ k mount but liked the automation of the A lenses.
But now I'm hooked on Autofocus. I leave the focus point set on center. Old school
So I have bought and sold about 40 lenses on ebay since August looking for the perfect fit. Taking comparason shots. My wife calls it the lens fiasco.
My dinning room looked like a camera store for awhile.
I bought this lens on ebay with a bunch of lenses. the seller was a pawn shop that did not no how to list the item correctly. Lucky me. But to be fair I have ended up with a lot of junk on ebay as well. But I can't list what I feel I paid for it. If I had to replace it I would pay $200.00.
I get really amazing shots indoors with my k-x at iso 1600 at F1.7
The sharpness wide open is amazing.. The auto focus hunts a little put locks in great. I always use a lens hood.
I have the 50mm a f1.4 which is collecting dust since I got this.
I am keeping..
Pentax A 50mm 1:1.4
Sigma 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 APO (HAS PROBLEMS) WORKS ONLY AT INFINITY
Pentax 50mm FA 1:1.7 auto focus
SMC Pentax-F 80-200mm F4.7-5.6 REALLY SHARP
SMC DA L 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ON ORDER FROM CANADA FOR $220.00
Great Forum...
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Veteran Member Registered: May, 2009 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 6,513
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: November 29, 2009 | Recommended
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | two of the sharpest "50mm" | | Cons: | | |
as mentioned, this one of the sharpest 50mm ever made. the FA50/2.8 macro is the sharper one and got the best bokeh rendering but the 1.7 has a 1 stop and a third advantage over the 2.8. that is a lot of light and OOF isolation factor.
also, at f2 sharpness and f2/8, it is equal to that of the FA35/2. except that the 50/1.7 has a brighter exposure than the 35.
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Veteran Member Registered: December, 2007 Posts: 8,237
1 user found this helpful
| | Review Date: June 7, 2008 | Recommended
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Extremely sharp at all apertures, especially larger | | Cons: | none | |
Found this lens in a local store and almost didn't buy it, because I already have the FA 50 1.4. Boy, am I glad I did. It's sharper at the lower apertures than the FA 50 1.4 - 1.7 and 2.0 are sharper. After that, it evens out.
Because of it's incredible performance at the lower f-stops, this has become by go-to low light lens now, replacing the Fa 50 1.4. I mostly use the 1.4 for when I absolutely need 1.4, or want it's special bokeh.
Very highly recommended.
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Junior Member Registered: January, 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 32 | | Review Date: April 28, 2017 | Recommended
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | I.Q. | | Cons: | MF ring, No quickshift | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 10
Autofocus: 10
Handling: 8
Value: 10
New or Used: New
Camera Used: Pentax K10D, K30
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Very nice lens. To reach perfection, it need a telescopic of bayonet hood, Quickshift and a larger / nicer manual focusing ring.
Compared to 50/1.4 A or FA, it is better at full aperture, identical from 2.8 up.
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Senior Member Registered: January, 2013 Location: Lincoln Posts: 106 | | Review Date: October 17, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $16.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Sharp, fast and accurate | | Cons: | None really but I could say plasticky | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 9
Bokeh: 8
Autofocus: 9
Handling: 9
Value: 10
New or Used: Used
Camera Used: K-30
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I picked one of these up for a tenner (£10) because it was a tenner. It was not until I checked ebay that I realised what a ridiculous bargain I had got. I haven't used this lens nearly enough as opportunities have been few this summer but when I have used it I have loved it. Sure and quick to find focus, sharp sharp and even more sharp, accurate colours and pretty good bokeh. Nice and fast. Feels a bit flimsy but I can live with that and I will have to get some sort of hood for it but if I could get bargains like this everyday... | |
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Veteran Member Registered: June, 2010 Posts: 753 | | Review Date: June 4, 2011 | Recommended
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | compact, fast, sharp, fast af, price, bokeh | | Cons: | manual focusing, not so useful focal length on dslr | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 9
Bokeh: 8
Autofocus: 10
Handling: 9
Value: 10
New or Used: Used
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...as some reviewers above I have to agree that this lens is outstanding value. To my naked eye it is sharp as 43 limited. Objects in focus pop out. Slightly on colder side of overall colour cast. Fast autofocus. Bit less contrast than DA*50-135 and 43 limited.
All in all - good buy.
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Junior Member Registered: January, 2010 Location: Md Posts: 33 | | Review Date: November 5, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $50.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Small, light, fast AF, Tack Sharp, Low Price | | Cons: | None | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 8
Autofocus: 10
Handling: 10
Value: 10
New or Used: Used
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This lens is a beast. I've had it for several months now and love it. I bought it at a local camera shop that deals mostly with Canon and Nikon. It was mounted to a cheap Pentax film camera - paid $80 for both. The body is worth about $30, which means I paid $50 for the lens! I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
It performs extremely well and nicely complements my DA 18-55 II and DA 55-300. I also own the M version of this lens and as another poster said the optics are about the same but you get auto-focus.
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Inactive Account Registered: August, 2009 Location: Lapu-Lapu City Cebu Posts: 14 | | Review Date: May 25, 2010 | Recommended
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | very good for portraiture | | Cons: | no lens hood | |
this is a must for portrait shots the details are very sharp/fine - i have tested it with my new k-x and it blends well with it - i have to experiment more with this lens @ slow shutter speed on a landscape to see how far this would go...
The only thing i don't know if this lens can be attached or have a lens hood with it?
Over- All - i rate it @ 8.75 because of it's quality and price
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New Member Registered: May, 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 24 | | Review Date: February 15, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $90.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Sharpness and color rendition | | Cons: | Possibly a bit narrow field on digital | |
This is by far my favourite lens, on my ist DL it made a world of diffrence, I always used this for portraits, on my K20, I am so stunned by the IQ with the kit lens that it seems to narrow the gap between lenses. I have to say that I find mine to produce the highest quality images at the 2.8 f-stop setting, could just be me though. All of my pentax-using friends now own this lens as well.
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