| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax 18mm F3.5
The point of this lens is to be used on a large sensor (silver or silicon).
I used mine on a pentax LX and it is a good couple, very well balanced.
The feel is solid. It uses built-in filters, which are black and white oriented. (a tungsten to daylight filter would have been welcome).
About the results, colors are fine and pleasing. Distorsions are little but visible when you look at it (first picture). I think it is the counterpart of developping a light and small retrofocus wide angle.
To compare with what I own, I compared it to the 15 heliar which has practically no distorsions but is a so-so performer in color.
I gave a good rating in bokeh because when forcing it (focus at few cm , full opening) it is quite smooth and pleasing. But in the real life it is inexistant.
Aside from all that, wide angle are fun :)
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Pentax LX / Fuji Superia 400
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Pentax LX / Ilford XP2
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Pentax LX / Fuji Superia 400 |
