| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax 28mm F3.5
My first SMC K lens, purchased this past fall from a camera shop in Quebec. I recently started shooting manual with a nice M 50mm f1.7 and after reading about the K series, found this 28mm (just right for the KP). Absolutely love the colors, contrast and richness of the photos this lens produces. There is something rich and smooth about them- they are deeper, have a nice vibrancy to them, not clinical. After working with this lens on both landscapes and street shooting using my KP, I went and acquired the SMC K 135mm f2.5, which has a similar type of color rendition. Must be something about the K series lenses, maybe the 8 element optics of this one (the 135mm has 6)
A few quick highlights for me:
+Great build quality--feels solid but easy to work with. It does have some weight but it feels just right, not large at all
+Aperture and focus ring--smooth, well dampened
+Long focus throw, so easy to focus
+Shoots great at f3.5 (not as fast as the f2.0 "Hollywood" would be, but you would have to pay about 5-6x for that lens!) and seems sharpest around f5.6-8, and thats corner-to-corner
+Great value at $100 or to $130. The colors, richness and contrast alone are worth it!
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