Author Topic: Pentax Lenses (Read 6157 times)

rjphoto · « **on:** September 15, 2008, 22:40 »

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone knows a good WEB site that may list the best Pentax lenses to have in your kit. I would like to have a good Portrait, Wide Angle, Zoom and maybe an everyday type of lense.

Appreciate any ideas.

Thanks

epixx · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2008, 06:59 »

Try http://pentaxforums.com/ and http://photozone.de/

The Pentax 77mm f/1.8 Limited is one of the best portrait lenses made by any camera manufacturer, and clearly the most compact. Highly recommended.

rjphoto · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2008, 07:54 »

Thanks for the input epixx, I've heard that about the 77mm and saving up my dollars.

grp_photo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2008, 17:50 »

No Tests but the best resource of everything that pentax had been built so far:
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/

grp_photo · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2008, 17:59 »

Portrait: New: the DA 70mm/2.4 and as mentioned by epixx the 77mm a 55mm/1.4 will be there soon and is a perfect Portraitlens on an Crop-Body! Manual-option the 58mm/1.4 Nokton from Voigtländer (all are really great lenses there is no info on the 55mm so far (naturally) but i pretty sure it will be very good)
Old: the FA 85mm/1.4 (excellent one i have this one) but you get it only used! Manual-option the A 85mm/1.4 (great i had one this too but i sold a while ago) and the M 85mm/2.0 (a little bit soft but i like it for portraits)
Wide Angle: the DA 14mm/2.8 is very good! the 12-24mm also but i prefer the 14mm! A compact 15mm is coming in the future!
Zoom: the Kit II is already very good considering its price tag i personally use a Sigma 17-70mm as an every day zoom it was about 300,-€ and its a good lens.