Pentax DA 40mm and 70mm lens review

Full review at http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Pentax_40mm_70mm_lens/ : A six and a half minute tour around the incredibly slim Pentax DA 40mm and 70mm Limited Edition lenses by Gordon Laing, Editor of www.cameralabs.com. For complete results and sample images, please check out our full review by clicking the link at the start of this text.

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• 70mm
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[Kenttas]

hi, i am planning to get one of these lenses: 50 f1.4 or 40mm limited. which one performs better ?

[cameralabs]

I've not tested the 50mm, so can't say, but feel free to ask in the Pentax section of the cameralabs forums...

[esman7]

The 50mm f1.4 is a fantastic lens. Highly recommended.

[mrrrxxxxx]

Haha a bear runnin past! So funny, you are one funny man, Gordon. I'm thining of getting the 50mm 1.4 instead though, I think you get a bit more for the price.

[bennybong360]

@toodietoodieomg the pentax 70mm is so much smaller and sexier though

[toodietoodieomg]

I think if you want the 70mm 2.4 its pointless, when for the same money you can get the sigma 85mm 1.4, its a no brainer

[toodietoodieomg]

@tarantulaman1720 You'll find the results quite similar in terms of image sharpness, and bokeh, but personally I prefer the sigma

[Murzamadiyev]

why wouldnt it work on the pentax film cameras?

[tarantulaman1720]

what would be better, pentax 50mm f1.4 or sigma 50mm f1.4? anyone know?

[pucks512]

Dang that thing is small my lenses are 11 times that size wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1986Chaitanya]

manually focusing using that 40mm lens is a serious headache.

[SpeedFreakNO]

No, you still have 50mm. Field of view however, is equivalent of 75mm on fullframe/135mm (24x36mm).

[pentaxy]

The Pentax FA50/1,4 ist not bad, but it CAN´T be compared to the FA31/1,8 LTD, FA 43/1,9 LTD, DA40/2,8 LTD. These three are first-class-lenses, constructed for highest optical perfomance!

And, with 50 mm on APS-C, you have only a picture-angle of 75mm!

[dvamateur]

Thin lens? Does it have enough elements to correct the chromatic abberations and curvlinear distortion? Anyway, I think that the best Pentax lenses available today are the 31mm f/1.8 and the 77mm f/1.8.  These two f/1.8 lenses are acrually made in Japan, and it shows in the cost as well. But nobody complains about those lense. When it comes to the DA star lenses, you pay a lot of money for Vietnamese lenses. Not sure if that's a great deal value-wise. Anyway, love Pentax brand, and the K7.