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: Just buy it.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you've never had a fixed lens you don't even know what you're missing. If you've never had a lens that fast you don't know what you're missing. If you've never had an original Pentax lens on your Pentax or Samsung camera, you don't know what you're missing.
Just go and buy it. What are you waiting for?
Digital camera Review: Amazing Quality
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Pentax 50/1.4 based on the suggestion of a friend and I absolutely love it.
I do a lot of product photography as part of my job, and I used to use a complicated flash setup with my older zoom lens that can take quite some time to fine-tune. Thankfully the 1.4 aperture of this lens lets in so much light that most of the time I don't need to use my flashes at all, just set the product on some white paper and shoot it using the natural light coming in through the window.
My only complaint is that on the crop sensor of the K10D camera I use it with the 50mm length can be a little longer than I would like (most DSLRs crop the image, so a lens will appear seem 1.5 times as long as it really is).
As much as I love this lens, if I had it to do over I would have spent the extra $80 and gotten the Pentax 40mm/f2.8 pancake lens. The small form factor and shorter length of the 40/2.8 make it seem like a more attractive option.
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Digital camera Review: Great Lens
Summary: 4 Stars
For a very inexperienced photographer, this lens was a good purchase. I recommend getting a prime lens to force you to move when composing your shots. And this lens has such a great depth of field when wide open, you can get really creamy shots. I'm really happy with the performance as well. When shooting faces, everything was very sharp and looked really great. The construction knocks off 1 star. The aperture ring can shift a tiny bit so that the camera thinks it isn't on automatic. You have to twist the ring back over to get it to register. I only have to do this a couple of times, but it's worth noting. The autofocus can be finicky if you're trying to shoot in really low light.Digital camera Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens makes all the difference in low light situations as well as depth of field. I'm also impressed at the clarity of the photos. I would recommend this to ANY photographer.Digital camera Review: A "must have" for any good SLR kit -- I LOVE this lens.
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens is on my camera most of the time. I love that the f/1.4 can let me keep a faster shutter speed and low ISO even when shooting with ambient light indoors, and it keeps my shutter speed nice and fast when shooting my kids, who are never sitting still. All that is nice, but what I REALLY love is the magic that happens when shooting with a nice small depth of field. The in-focus subject pops out from the background and everything else melts away into the silky smooth bokeh, giving me a lot of creative possibilities.
If you have a standard 18-55mm kit lens and are considering expanding your equipment to include one more lens, I would definitely recommend this one. It is not a zoom, and having it fixed at 50mm does mean that I have to move around a little more, but it is absolutely worth it. This one is a definite bargain and a must have for any good SLR kit!