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Perfect portraits

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kentwosheds Junior Member • Posts: 26
Perfect portraits
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i have owned the 70 mm lens about 7 yrs and still love how it feels on my K5.

Sharp with lovely colours, very lightweight, other manufacturers take note!

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Panasonic LX100 Pentax K-5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Pentax smc DA 16-45mm F4 ED AL Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM +10 more
HD Pentax DA 70mm F2.4 AL Limited
Telephoto prime lens • Pentax KAF • 21430
Announced: Aug 27, 2013
kentwosheds's score
4.5
Average community score
4.5
HD Pentax DA 70mm F2.4 AL Limited Pentax K-5
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HonourableTyr Senior Member • Posts: 1,121
Re: Perfect portraits
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I do love the limited primes. Only two things could improve them further, WR and DC motors. The former being more important to me as the screw drive is fine other than noise.

Not used the 70mm much as it doesn't suit my shooting very often. The 21mm was my first and definite favourite. If I could only choose one lens it'd probably be the 21mm. Thankfully I don't have to choose!

The 70mm is fantastic for portraits.

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Pentax K-5 Pentax K-3 Mark III Pentax smc DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited Pentax smc DA* 16-50mm F2.8 ED AL (IF) SDM Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM +7 more
Gary Martin
Gary Martin Veteran Member • Posts: 5,301
Re: Perfect portraits
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The 21, 40 and 70 Limiteds were way ahead of their time, nothing else like them for AF digital back then. But sadly, Pentax lost that unique market position a long time ago 

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Ricoh GR III Pentax K-1 Fujifilm X-T4 Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Fujifilm XF 56mm F1.2 R +9 more
Phil A Martin
Phil A Martin Veteran Member • Posts: 8,363
Re: Perfect portraits

kentwosheds wrote:

i have owned the 70 mm lens about 7 yrs and still love how it feels on my K5.

Sharp with lovely colours, very lightweight, other manufacturers take note!

When covering events, I find my 70mm less intimidating for portraits, than my 50-135mm. So it's one body with the 16-50 and one with the 70mm.

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