Jim Radcliffe
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I do a lot of low light shooting with my cameras, the K5 is no exception. I have a number of fast primes (43, 77, 31).. but I wondered why Pentax does not offer an even faster lens such as a f/1.2.
I know there are older Pentax lenses such as the Pentax SMCP-A 50 mm F/1.2 MF Lens but there is no modern AF version of such a lens.
Can anyone shed any light on this? And yes, I know that with the high ISO capability of the new digital cameras a lens this fast may not be needed by most but still, there is something very appealing about that super shallow DOF that is achieved with an f/1.2 or faster (think Noctilux) and the resulting bokeh/blurred background.
Such subject isolation is not appreciated by all but for those of us who do like it, what are the alternatives if we are looking for such a lens with AF? My old eyes find it hard to manually focus such fast lenses on the K5 IIs.
I'm just curious.
I know there are older Pentax lenses such as the Pentax SMCP-A 50 mm F/1.2 MF Lens but there is no modern AF version of such a lens.
Can anyone shed any light on this? And yes, I know that with the high ISO capability of the new digital cameras a lens this fast may not be needed by most but still, there is something very appealing about that super shallow DOF that is achieved with an f/1.2 or faster (think Noctilux) and the resulting bokeh/blurred background.
Such subject isolation is not appreciated by all but for those of us who do like it, what are the alternatives if we are looking for such a lens with AF? My old eyes find it hard to manually focus such fast lenses on the K5 IIs.
I'm just curious.