Thursday, May 20, 2010

SMC Pentax M 50mm f1.7

This was my first prime lens, after seeing how sharp this lens, I bought another copy of this lens. It's on the list of 50mm greatest lenses. I also bought A version of this lens, but in the end I sold it because the build quality of the M version's better than the A version.



This is the example of picture taken using this lens, I used built in flash with diffuser and small aperture.


at 100% crop, it's very sharp
I'm very happy with this lens. At wide open, it beats the M 50mm f1.4, so I think I won't need the faster lens at the moment.









Sunday, May 16, 2010

SMC Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 AL Macro

Got this second hand lens, it's big and heavy compared to Sigma 55-200mm. It's soft from 135mm but the color's nice and it has macro capability. Brought this lens to botanical garden and took some shots without monopod.



can see some flare




miss focus, at that time I think I changed the AF to spot accidentaly, but never recompose the image


Actually I wanted this lens as my walk about lens, but since it's quite soft from 135mm and it's a little bit heavy, I decided to part with this lens.