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Help choosing lens for K-50

Started Apr 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
artstenn
artstenn New Member • Posts: 4
Re: Help choosing lens for K-50

Since Pentax digital cameras will work with the older manual focus lenses, you might consider checking out ebay or KEH for a manual focus "A" zoom.  I just picked a 70-210 f1.4 from KEH for $69 and the build quality is far beyond what you can get in a new plastic lens.  Be sure to get the A versions if you want to keep automatic exposure, the aperture ring should have the A setting on it.  You can also find bargains in the FA lenses that have auto focus as well.  They are made for full frame film cameras, but work great with Pentax digital cameras with the crop factor in mind.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 Pentax *ist D Pentax K-50 Pentax smc DA 35mm F2.4 AL +1 more
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