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The Pentax SMCP-FA 35mm f2.0 AL lens comes with a protective case. This 35mm fixed focal length lens has a minimum focus distance of 1.0 feet, which lets you get quite close to your subject. It has a fully automatic diaphragm and a 63 degree angle of view. It can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras, but the AF system only works with a Pentax AF camera. At only 1.8 inches and weighing 6.9 ounces, the lens can be taken with you anywhere. ... Read more

Features

• Wide-angle lens
• Fully automatic diaphragm
• Minimum focus distance of 1.0 feet
• 63 degree angle of view
• Comes with a protective case and lens hood

Reviews (1)

A Superb All-arounder
This is one sharp, fast prime lens with great color, contrast, and lovely bokeh (character of the out of focus areas).

I find the 35mm focal length to be far more versatile than the 50mm traditionally recommended to beginning photographers. It's wide enough to be useful for scenics, and still long enough for environmental and half length portraits. Pentax's SMCP-FA 35/2 AL is a super example of what the 35mm focal length can offer.

I've been using FA 35/2 for over two years and, despite having added another six primes (all very good, btw) to my 35mm kit, I still expect this lens to have the longest legs of all.

If you prefer the virtues of primes over the convenience of zooms, this is a prime you owe yourself some time with.

Enjoy. ... Read more

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The Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm Macro f2.8 magnification lens has a fully automatic diaphragm and a 47 degree angle of view. Its minimum focus distance of 0.6 feet lets you get up close and personal with your subject. It can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras, but the AF system only works with a Pentax AF camera. At just under 3 inches and weighing only 13.6 ounces, this lens can go with you anywhere. It comes with a protective case. ... Read more

Features

• Macro lens
• Fully automatic diaphragm
• Minimum focus distance of 0.6 feet
• 47 degree angle of view
• Comes with a protective case

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The Pentax SMCP-A 400mm f5.6 lens is a manual focus lens that can be used with all Pentax SLR camera bodies. It will fit on a Pentax AF SLR camera, but it will not focus automatically. It comes with a protective case and a built-in lens hood. ... Read more

Features

• Can be used on all Pentax SLR camera bodies
• Minimum focus distance of 9.2 feet
• Lens construction of 7 elements in 6 groups
• Fully automatic diaphragm
• Comes with a protective case and a built-in lens hood

Features

• Can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras
• Minimum focus distance of 1.0 feet
• Lens construction of 12 elements in 11 groups
• Manual diaphragm
• Comes with a soft protective case

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indispensible tool for architectural photography
We have been using this lens with several pentax-type camera bodies for the past 13 years and have few complaints. With regular maintenance and care, this has become an indispensible tool in our professional practice. We work with historic buildings, and photo-documentation is critical. Short of excessively expensive photogrammetry, a perspective shifting lens solves those parallax skewed images with a reasonable investment. (I am not sure this model is even still in production. In fact, I don't believe there are many similar lenses made; Nikon makes a 35 mm with wonderful optics, but the extra wide angle provided by a 28 mm is fantastic.) We have used standard 24 mm lenses. We've tried those newer wide zoom 18-28 lenses. But for the ability to capture a shot with close to undistorted parallax, nothing beats a shift lens.

A word on its operation. I won't go into the technical details of the optics, but I have had no complaints unless you try to push the correction out to its limits. Say you are standing on a typical street looking at a three story building. It sits up on a natural rise above the street, and you can only move back 60 feet or so across the street. With a 28mm you still have to tilt the lens up to capture all of the building. You snap it and wonder why it looks so distorted when you look at thge results. The sides of the building are splayed at weird angles and the top of the roof is clipped.

Well, with the shift lens you compose the image right in the viewfinder through the lens. As you spin a knurled dial, the body of the lens shifts laterally off axis and compensates for the distorted view. (The barrel spins independently of the mount in 30 degree increments so you can turn the camera to any orientation.) You hold the camera level and shift until the splayed verticals of the building pull back closer to parallel, and suddenly the top of the building comes into the frame! Don't shift too far or it starts to look fudged; the eye likes a bit of parallax spread. The Greeks figured that out long ago. Now your photos look like those you've seen in the glossy magazines. Add the right filtering and suddenly you have publishable images.

I won't fool you: this lens takes some experimentation to get it right. Like any other adjustable parameter of photography, I recommend taking a few extra shots at slightly different settings (so you don't have to go back again). It is a bit on the heavy side, but with practice and a steady hand it works fine. At 1:3.5 it is fast enough for most lighting conditions with average speed film. One last bit of warning: it does not work on automatic cameras--only fully manual metering. But if you are serious about architectural photography, you'll either already have a manual camera or you can pop... for one of Pentax's plain jane workhorse bodies.

Not for everybody, but you definitely get what you pay for in this case. ... Read more

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The Pentax SSMCP-FA 77mm f1.8 Limited lens comes with a protective case. This 77mm telephoto lens has a minimum focus distance of 2.3 feet, which lets you get quite close to your subject. It has a fully automatic diaphragm and a 31.5 degree angle of view. It can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras, but the AF system only works with a Pentax AF camera. At only 1.9 inches and weighing 9.5 ounces, the lens can be taken with you anywhere. ... Read more

Features

• Telephoto lens
• Fully automatic diaphragm
• Minimum focus distance of 2.3 feet
• 31.5 degree angle of view
• Built-in lens hood

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The Pentax PTX-1M camera case is sized to fit a variety of Pentaxcameras such as the IQ Zoom 140M, IQ Zoom 115G, and IQ Zoom 928M cameras. It is4.5 inches high, 2.5 inches wide, 2 inches deep, has the Pentax logo, is made ofsturdy dark-colored PVC to protect your camera, and has a neck strap. ... Read more

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The Pentax AF-500 electronic flash offers 24mm lens coverage, trailingshutter synch, bounce and swivel head, zoom, and autofocus spotbeam. It weighs13.6 ounces, comes with a case, and requires four AA batteries. ... Read more

Features

• Trailing shutter synch
• 24mm lens coverage
• Bounce and swivel head
• Multiple burst
• Contrast control

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The Pentax SMCP-FA 28mm f2.8 AL lens has a fully automatic diaphragm and a 75 degree angle of view. It is a 28mm fixed focal length lens with a minimum focus distance of 1.0 feet, which lets you get close to your subject. It can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras, but the AF system only works with a Pentax AF camera. At only 1.6 inches and weighing 6.5 ounces, this lens can go anywhere with you. ... Read more

Features

• Wide-angle lens
• Fully automatic diaphragm
• Minimum focus distance of 1.0 feet
• 75 degree angle of view
• Can be used with all Pentax SLR cameras