Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens by Pentax
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Digital camera reviews of Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens
Digital camera Review: Affordable professional lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens has been a fundamental piece in my new photo portrait business. Great quality, bokeh, sharpness. I am very happy with it.Digital camera Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the K20 and this has worked great! So sharp and fun to use. Great for low light situations. I recommend this to anyone looking for a sharp inexpensive lens.Digital camera Review: Awesome lens
Summary: 5 Stars
You might think that having no zoom would be limiting - after having this lens, I think that having a maximum aperture of 3.5 is very possibly more limiting.
With that 1.4 aperture, you get about 4 times more light than you do with the kit lens - that means 4 times faster shutter speeds, and 4 proportionally sharper shots. Combine that with the image stabilization in the K100D and K10, and you have a really awesome low light shooter. You might want to get comfortable with manual focusing - any camera has difficulty focusing when there's not a lot of light, even if it has the ability to get a sharp picture.
The 1.4 aperture means a razor thin depth-of-field, which gives you the ability to very precisely choose what part of the picture is in focus. This is wonderful for portraits, which gives you a smooth, blurred, and distraction-free background, but you have to make sure you are aware of it if you are trying to get objects at varying distances to be in focus.
If it is an issue, though, just turn the dial on your camera over to Av(aperture priority) and you can turn the aperture up to 3.5 for a more normal shot, or down to 1.4 to get that artistically blurred background and super-fast shutter speeds.
This is the best lens to buy in addition to the kit lens, if you are looking to enhance your arsenal and photography skills. You will fall in love with photography, and insist on taking your camera everywhere with you. The fixed focal length will do a lot to hone your creative skills. Sometimes the perspective brings out awesome shots that would've been totally unremarkable at a wider view.
Digital camera Review: BEST!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the Pentax K100D with 18-55mm lens,
I needed something that could work in low-light and this
is just amazing for low-light and outside...
The colors are just crazy great
and the sharpness is perfect.
Digital camera Review: Beautiful lens
Summary: 5 Stars
Have owned this lens for a few weeks. Very pleased...pictures are sharp and f/1.4 is fantastic in low light.
Pentax will likely replace this lens soon with a DA series, so get it while you can.
Highly recommend!