| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax-F 50mm F1.7
An odd situation where I recognise that this is a great lens but it's not really for me. It's sharp, small, and snappy, but I don't especially like the images this lens throws out when attached to the K-1. This may be because it's outresolved fairly substantially by the K-1's 36mp sensor, but I think it also has to do with colour - this lens seems to simplify and intensify/oversaturate colour in a way that I don't really enjoy. Of course, I could always wrestle with colour grading in post, but c'mon now. This leads to my conclusion that this is, for me anyway, a lens to either use with film cameras (where you have a choice of colour profile based on the film you choose) or on the K10D, whose lovely 10mp CCD sensor seems perfectly positioned to counteract the lens's shortcomings. It of course goes without saying that colour is a very subjective thing - I dislike this lens's colour output but other reviewers here love it. Go figure. In short, if you need autofocus, this is a solid buy. Otherwise go for a manual-focus A/M/K 50mm. Otherwise, flaws include the standard film-era susceptibility to CA (though it's better than the FA limited series in this regard!), merely OK bokeh (especially compared to the M series 50s), and the standard loud screwdrive AF typical of this era. |
