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FYI, I'm not taking sides here (although I do have one), just reporting, which is one thing I do with my camera. I could have some less noisy shots in low light with my 50-135*, but for this kind ...

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The "inexpensive" stuff is the millions of existing copies of legacy Pentax glass.  It's all over ebay.  The SMC-A 50mm f1.4 is an example I grabbed for very little cash.  Pentax has no need to ...

There does seem to be an under-appreciation of what Ricoh/Pentax is doing, doesn't there?  I have said many times that I admire the sheer tenacity of the Pentax group at Ricoh, and Ricoh's obvious ...

A high quality Pentax 24mm will not be forthcoming after the 21Ltd., which won't be 3 or 4 years but 2021. I'm not sure why anyone wants to quibble about 3mm wider. Thinking in the old...

I'll look for the "but oh, we totally understand" inflection in future Pentax reviews . . .

DPR calls it both "fringing" and "CA" re: that fence picture: "The green fringing behind the focus point - and the magenta fringing in front of it - is longitudinal chromatic aberration, or ...

I thought the 50mm* fringing issues DPR groused on were very exceptionally minor, just as I felt the complaint of KP's noise at ultra-high ISO was overly criticized as a marketing gimmick. No one ...

The production lines have been up an running. You don't just tell everyone to stop everything and go home. This 85 was due and ready. No need to say wait. It will sell now to those who want it...

brett's answer regarding catch-in-focus would be correct. Pentax has not always made the functions of its cameras abundantly evident. You need to read manuals and lens booklets very carefully,...

The AF/MF switch on the body retracts the body's AF motor pin. However, it also switches off AF on lenses with in-lens AF motors driven electronically, not by the motor pin (at least, for the ones...

Thanks, Pdog2. I'm sure you use 85mm to good effect, but personally I'm not charmed by 85 as a walkaround. I do shoot urban environmental details, but I want a zoom for that to give me more...

@silversalts -- It was "forpetessake" who was looking for a problem where none exists, not me. Please read again. I'm familiar with Pentax's Super Protect coating, and can attest that it is very...

Broad daylight, and the monument is stuck out there in the middle of a field with nothing around it. There are only a few spots where you can still get a somewhat interesting angle on this thing.

The important point this lens proves is that Ricoh//Pentax, as underestimated as they too often are, has been able to keep a top-quality production line intact in spite of a dwindling market for...

@ "forpetessake "[Concave front element] Not that rare. They tend to accumulate more dirt at the center of the front element and are less convenient to clean."

Wow! If ever there were a perfect...

This is primarily a FF portrait lens, so I'm guessing probably indoor use mainly. But Pentax has become so adept at their weather resistance features that it is now second nature to build it into...

The glass glare makes a difference.  Pentax knows that from K-01.

24 will give critics the “x-years and still just 24” excuse.  I’m happy either way because I like the Pentax processing engines

Thanks.  The windows, which aren't particularly great anyway, were such small bits I wasn't worried about them, it being so dark that the problem was in the other direction.  Plus, I had the ...