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Nov 04, 2016
Best for value/price Pentax 50mm lens
2 of 2 found this helpful It is a very good lens for all kinds of shooting, even on wide open aperture it giver sharp image, but requires accurate focusing. I've made with it high-detailed panoramas at f8-f16, painting-like landscapes at f1.4 and portraits at f1.4-f2.8. Also it is good for evening/night time shooting and works fine at 0 - 3 degrees below zero. The last but not the least feature to mention - it has metering and DoF scale, that helps in landscape and street shooting.
Jun 02, 2017
Telephoto & supertelephoto fun
Folowing to the crop factor of Pentax Q it is not usable for witde angles at all. My near ultra-wide Pentax DA 15 Lim became a nise portrait lens. But if you are looking for telephoto - here it is. I'm using original Pentax Q. The last photo was made with Q01 Lens to compare. From first to third: Pentax FA 50 f1.4 (effective 275mm, at f8), Pentax DA 50-200 f4-5.4 (at 200 - effective 1100mm, about f11) and Soligor 400mm f6.3 (effective 2200mm, at f11). With modern lenses you may have 2 problems: really hard to focus (ones that are designed for autofocus) and there is no scale on adapter's aperture controll (problem for A-only lens). This adapter has no built-in shutter, so you can't use shytter speeds longer 2 seconds. But it is several times cheaper then original one and in most cases it won't be an issue.
Oct 23, 2016
Good lens for beginner
1 of 1 found this helpful I'm using this lens with Pentax k-30 for portrait and landscape photography. It gives you super sharp image at focus zone and smooth bokeh. Fast enough to shoot at dark places - I shoot portraits in bar with 1/15-20 at 3200 ISO. Fast autofocus in bright scenes. Very light and good plastic, focusing ring feels like metal, Really cheap, comparing to other Pentax 35 mm lenses. The only cons is for ones who needs manual focusing (e.g. street shooters) - small rotation angle, no metering marks and no dof marks.