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DA *50-135 Pentax Lens thread here....

DavidL

New member
Nothing explains the purple haze.

I'm now having dreadful thoughts about this lens - please can someone save me?
Sorry Jono it's a good one. It's a fixed length, like the Nikon 70-200, but obviously much smaller and unlike the Olympus trombone. The focus isn't anywhere near as fast as Nikon's. I picked mine up locally second hand.
I'm currently using it for panoramas at 50mm. As usual lazy hand held or resting on a nearby object.
First Lens I got for your K5 as I needed one for my portrait work.
Cheers
David
 
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raist3d

Well-known member
More stuff from the last hour or two. These have some cropping and some a contrast/recovery adjust. I must say I am absolutely stunned that the K-5 captures highlight and shadow to the point I can recover in practical terms whatever I want *with* quality. I was more snapping around with the new lens to again get a better feel for it. Some shots at F2.8, F4.0, F5.6 and F8.











This one is more of a snap but at F2.8 and even full size the detail on the phone/hair close to it is actually surprisingly sharp. So the lens can do it, at least in the center :)









- Raist
 

ecsh

New member
This lens really has strange bokeh when it comes to overhead wires, such as in shot 2,3 4.
Joe
 

raist3d

Well-known member
Actually that bokeh on those wires don't bother me but I do agree with you this lens has a bit strange bokeh. With distant objects like that I find it ok. Check out my other thread with "examining the DA * 50-135mm" to see what I mean.

- Raist
 
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