Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 10 Bokeh: 10 Handling: 8 Value: 10 Camera Used: Pentax KP Requires stop-down metering, or fully open on automatic Highly recommended for both film and digitalĬolor rendition, flare resistance, quite fast, pleasant bokeh when fully open, sharp, little chromatic aberration, mechanica quality I am thinking about the K 30mm f2.8 now for my collection! This lens has ended up costing me quite a bit of money as it has encouraged me to acquire more K glass - 50mm f4 macro, 135mm f2.5 - and the construction and handling (and those colours) across the K range is there on these lenses too. but the colours! Ooooh they are gorgeous! The build quality and handling is second to none, provided you do not mind the lack of automation. Provided you nail focus (not so easy as the viewfinder screen is not as good as on an old film body), you will get all the sharpness and contrast you need. Where I find this lens excels though is on my K3. I also prefer the slightly longer FL on film over the more normal 50mm. On film cameras it behaves as all standard lenses should - sharp, good contrast. Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: 8 Handling: 8 Value: 8 Camera Used: K3, several film bodies Thanks everyone for sharing their experience!ĭay light, wide opened - f/1.8, camera Fuji X-E3, ACROS film simulation. May be someone will find it useful in the same way I found many reviews on this website. I do care more about how easy to focus, handling and of course - my personal impression regarding imaging quality. Never tried any scientific tests as don't care about 'razor sharpness' - it is not important for my shooting requirements or preferences. They all are great, easy to disassemble and clean, and unique in their own way. Can't really choose which ones I love more: Helios 44-2, Konica AR 50mm f/1.7 or my Pentax lenses (Pentax-M and Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7 and the latest one, Pentax SMC 55mm f/1.8). Main purpose was to shoot portraits as I had previous experience with other ~50mm Pentax lenses and love them a lot. Have got it just couple of months ago specifically for my new Fuji X-E3. Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: 9 Handling: 10 Value: 10
Very impressive quality for portraits, easy to focus, relatively cheap. Strip, clean that off, and the wide-open f1.8 image is not that bad at all. Who cares if you don't get a "digital age" sharpness at f1.8? Do you take that many photos at f1.8? What most people who say such things never explain is if their lens has filth and muck around the edges of the glass. Otherwise a really nice lens with real and accurate looking sharpish quality pictures. Glue has an age-mechanic limitation that means if the same glue is used in all lenses, it'll all start to go to a cloudy mess in all of these lenses.
#F1.8 SUPER BIG APERTURE SERIES#
Better to get an M Series 50mm f1.7 and - if you like plastic lenses - the A Series equivalent.īecause my previously owned two f1.8 lenses had this rear element separation issue, I will never touch one of these again. Sadly, it cannot be cleaned up and it will soft focus your images. It's called "balsam separation" and some people confuse it with "fungus" in these lenses. These gradually break down and apart over the years. The K series lenses often have glued-together rear glass elements. Getting old now - by 2020 - so you may find distortion and haze in that connected rear element. Sharpness: 8 Aberrations: 8 Bokeh: 8 Handling: 9 Value: 8 Camera Used: Various If you can get a nice one without that problem, go for it I say. It is a pity that if they are suffering the balsam separation problems discussed below. And there was a 'crispness' to the image too that was rather special. This lens had a good way of seeing what the human eye saw in my view. I cannot remember seeing any evidence of distortion. The contrast is very controlled and can render subtle changes in light reflectance and colour gradation very evenly. In mixed lighting, exposure was also very balanced - you can see this to extremes in other lenses, but not this one. The light gathering potential of the glass certainly helped on the KX focusing screen.īokeh - as ever with the Pentax lenses, they weren't big on aperture leaves, so bokeh could be wiry.īut even wide open, this 1.8 lens was sharper than the follow-on M50mm 1.7, and also gave great colour with out filters. It cost me 30 quid in the early 2000s.įocussing on my copy was lovely - smooth and damped and easy. It was more than big enough to fit on that beast. I had one of these on my first KX, using film of course and not digital. Sharpness: 10 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: 7 Handling: 9 Value: 9 Camera Used: KX Easy to handle, minimum distortion, very well built, sharper than the M 50mm 1.7
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