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Latest Review Posted	SMC Pentax-DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM Before purchasing this lens I looked at DXOMark and was a bit disappointed with the score of the lens. It lowered my expectations a bit but I still decided to get one and damn the consequences/short comings. Having used it for nearly two months now, I can affirm that it's the best lens I've ever had - in fact it's so good that it almost never left my camera body since I put it on. I currently own three other lenses: 18-135 (kit lens), Tamron 70-200 f2.8 (which I really love) and the new Pentax 24-70 f2.8 but in all the 55mm f1.4 is my absolute best and the one I mostly enjoy shooting with. The 55mm can be a bit soft at f1.4 but I almost always shoot at f1.6 and the images are really sharp from this aperture upwards. If you purchase this lens, it's highly important that you properly caliberate it otherwise you might experience severe back/front focusing. At f1.4 your area of focus is really tiny so accuracy is instrumental. In my case, 9-10 shots were back-focused initially but I was able to easily resolve it in-camera with a setting of +10. Sample shots: Shot at f1.6 https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/104885-chima-chinda/albums/11373-kabale-uganda/picture104427.png Shot at f1.8 https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/104885-chima-chinda/albums/11373-kabale-uganda/picture104420.png Shot at f1.8 https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/104885-chima-chinda/albums/11373-kabale-uganda/picture104421.png Shot at f1.6 http://www.pentaxforums.co...

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