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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

lutzk wrote:

Historicity wrote:

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

Dear God, that's lots of good lenses. I'm mainly using the FA 28, 50 1.7 and 135 lenses during hiking, sometimes also the FA 20 2.8 and, if some animals are around, a DA 300/4. Except of the FA 20, which suffers from bad corner sharpness, I am satisfied with the performance. (A new compact 20/4? Ricoh?)

I thought about buying the DFA 28-105 zoom, since it got nice reviews. Tested it against the FA 28 2.8 and ditched the idea. The old prime is better.

Lutz

What sort of shooting do you do where you don't need a zoom?  Since I got the K1 just a short time ago I plan to check it against all my old full frame lenses, but when I want to go on an ordinary hike the DFA 28-105 will be handier.  And I first got the DFA 28-105 to use on my AFSC cameras and thought it compared well against my other zooms.

But I did put in a bid on an old used FA 20 2.8.  One tends to buy a lot of lenses when one has an LBA, (Lens Buying Addiction) 

Lawrence

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