| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8
This was my last lens I bought (after DA35/2.4AL, Sigma 18-35/1.8 Art and Tamron 70-200/2.8. This lens have the best AF performance and accuracy (yield of keepers per shoot) among all mentioned in the list. It returned fate into Pentax as professional and reliable tool.
It is lightweight and gives very good image quality with quite nice bokeh and very well controlled CA and fringing. Plastic mount never was problem. It have that chep press-on back lens cap which I replaced with twist one from eBay. What a difference - but that costed 15% of the lens :)
I love it and I use it mostly, unless I need 35mm.
What I dislike:
Bokeh is a bit bussy and not the smoothest. Also at 1.8 is not the best lens. It does not have hood so it might be very poor in certain harsh light until stopped down to f5.6 or more. Not very often, but it happened. Regarding price, this is nothing.
Autofocus:
Great AF reminded me to review this lens, because it enjoys so understated score regarding AF. It is so reliable even in less than perfect light, especially on moving people and other difficult targets that renders DA35/2.4AL hopeless. AF works really well and continuously lock properly. It have the best AF performence of all lenses I ever had. The only lenses which are remarkably better are DFA*70-200 and DFA15-30 (among those I tested).
I'm event and wedding shooter which often finds myself at low light situations and moving targets, like people. While AF already needs longer to l... |
