| Latest Review Posted | HD Pentax-DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 Limited DC WR
I have had this lens for a week and the following are just some of my observations and opinions. I am a bit of a "pixel peeper" thus was looking something that would be smaller than 16-50, give some flexibility and be SHARP!
My take on commonly debated points:
1. SIze: Yes, it is bigger. Get over it! It's an awesome lens, much smaller than any zoom with such IQ. And as it is so light, it doesn't weight down the front end so I forgot the size of it and treated it the same way as rest of my Limited's. People seem to forget that Limited's are incredibly small primes, this should be compared to zooms of equivalent IQ and it fares incredibly well in terms of size.
2. Aperture: At this size and IQ I am fine with the non-fixed aperture. If you want fixed aperture, set it to f4 and be happy :) If you want extreme aperture get FA 43 or A 50 f1.2 ;)
3. AF: Slouch? No, but it is slower than the rest of DA lenses. This is not an action lens, it is a lens where you take your time to compose the shot and AF is more of a helping hand so the slower speed doesn't bother me. I did not feel the need for it to be any faster at any point.
4. Zoom: People compare it's size to primes and zoom range to 16-50? Really? I see this lens as a "flexible prime". It gives the handling and IQ of a prime while allowing some flexibility, not much but some when changing lenses is too slow or a very bad idea.
Pros:
1. Bokeh! This thing is wonderful, the rounded blades definitely d... |
