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The K1 hiking with the FA35 2.0 and the FA50 1.4

Started Dec 5, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP Historicity Senior Member • Posts: 2,342
Re: The K1 hiking with the FA35 2.0 and the FA50 1.4

Conjure wrote:

Why don't you consider the Pentax D FA 50mm f/2.8 macro?

http://opticallimits.com/pentax/906-pentax50f28macro?start=2

https://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-50mm-fa-da-dfa-lens-comparison/conclusion.html

Haven't gotten to it yet.

This is the list (that I first posted on another thread) of full frame lenses that I have on hand that I am slowly trying out with the K1 one lens at a time:

These are the full-frame lenses that I intend to try over time:
SMC Pentax-FA 35mm f/2.0 [the lens I used on my second K1 hike]
SMC Pentax-FA 43mm f/1.9
SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4 [used on my third K1 hike]
SMC Pentax-DFA 50mm f/2.8 -- Macro
SMC Pentax-FA 77mm f/1.8
SMC Pentax-DFA 100mm f/2.8 -- Macro
SMC Pentax-FA 135mm f/2.8
HD Pentax-DFA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 [the lens I used on my first K1 hike]
SMC Pentax-FA 28-80mm f/3.5 - 5.6
SMC Pentax-A 35-105mm f/3.5
Voigtlander 90mm f/3.5 [This may have been intended as an AFS/C lens only, but I'm not sure]
Rokinon 8mm f/3.5
Samyang 35mm f/1.4
Samyang 85mm f/1.4

I intended to do them in order but as you can see I skipped the FA 43 and that was only because of the discussion about the FA 50mm f/1.4 compared to the yet to be released DFA* 50mm f/1.4.   But maybe with the FA 50mm f/1.4 fresh in my mind it might be good to do the DFA 50mm f/2.8 next.

Thanks,

Lawrence

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