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Latest Review Posted	SMC Pentax-FA 50mm F1.4 The thing with this lens is that sometimes it blows me away with wonderfully sharp pictures but then you open it up and it doesn't impress me with that any more. I could rate this lens anywhere between a 5 and a 10 on sharpness. To clarify I think that the sharpness from 1.4 - 2.5 is about the same as with the kit 18 - 55 lens, after that it starts picking up momentum so around 4 it is as good as many other primes and at f5.6 - 8 it can compete with the best lenses on the market. Since I use this lens for alot more than bokeh,bokeh and bokeh I give it a high rating here. here is a 30 second exposure I took at f5.6 https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/66090-discharged/albums/7737-pentax-fa-50-1-4/picture68518.jpg and here is the crop of the area in focus https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/66090-discharged/albums/7737-pentax-fa-50-1-4/picture68519.jpg But - you buy a 1.4 lens for the ability either to shoot with amazing bokeh or in low light situations otherwise you could just go for a much cheaper 1.7 or 2.0 but don't worry this lens got loads of bokeh and it handles low light very well. at f1.4 cloudy day inside no artificial lights https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/66090-discharged/albums/7737-pentax-fa-50-1-4/picture68521.jpg at f1.4 in front of a christmas tree with different color lights https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/66090-discharged/albums/7737-pentax-fa-50-1-4/picture68522.jpg at f2.8 I think you have a great compromise between bokeh and sharpness - this was shot without a lens hood, unfortunatley I don't have a...

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