Drum roll...
The Pentax K 55mm F:1.8 !!
Most of you guys know how many 50ish manual lenses I have tried during the past 6 months. Canon, Rokkors, Hexanons, Oly PEN and OM, m42 Cosina clones (Reflecta, Revuenon, etc), Porst, Takumar, Rollei, you name it (actually just about *anything* except Nikon). Well, I'm happy to report that after litteraly months of searching and testing, I have FOUND my perfect nifty.
I love everything about this lens. Its look, its feel, its handling, and over all, its IQ. It's painfully sharp and has great buttery smooth bokeh, with perfect transition in between. Color reproduction and contrast are beautiful.
So as much as I love my Rokkors, my Canon FL, my PEN 38, the Pentax has stayed glued on the camera since it got here.
ALL the featured shots are wide open (1.8), bizarelly I find the blurring ability at 1.8 on par with faster lenses wide open...
Check out that 3D pop :
I guess the differences with my other best nifties are sutble and slight, and that it's just a matter of personal preference that I'm loving this one so much. I'm not saying either that everybody should prefer this specific lens. Just that for ME, it delivers that hard to find combination of very sharp detail AND very smooth blur, with flattering transition in between, PLUS nice looks, feel and handling. Almost and impossible thing to reach. Yet, this lens has it.
I'm over the moon with this one
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/50s
ISO 400
The Pentax K 55mm F:1.8 !!
Most of you guys know how many 50ish manual lenses I have tried during the past 6 months. Canon, Rokkors, Hexanons, Oly PEN and OM, m42 Cosina clones (Reflecta, Revuenon, etc), Porst, Takumar, Rollei, you name it (actually just about *anything* except Nikon). Well, I'm happy to report that after litteraly months of searching and testing, I have FOUND my perfect nifty.
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/200s
ISO 400
I love everything about this lens. Its look, its feel, its handling, and over all, its IQ. It's painfully sharp and has great buttery smooth bokeh, with perfect transition in between. Color reproduction and contrast are beautiful.
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/60s
ISO 400
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/160s
ISO 400
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/160s
ISO 400
So as much as I love my Rokkors, my Canon FL, my PEN 38, the Pentax has stayed glued on the camera since it got here.
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/160s
ISO 400
ALL the featured shots are wide open (1.8), bizarelly I find the blurring ability at 1.8 on par with faster lenses wide open...
NEX-6
----
0mm
f/1.0
1/160s
ISO 400
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/200s
ISO 400
Check out that 3D pop :
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/125s
ISO 400
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/125s
ISO 400
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/160s
ISO 400
I guess the differences with my other best nifties are sutble and slight, and that it's just a matter of personal preference that I'm loving this one so much. I'm not saying either that everybody should prefer this specific lens. Just that for ME, it delivers that hard to find combination of very sharp detail AND very smooth blur, with flattering transition in between, PLUS nice looks, feel and handling. Almost and impossible thing to reach. Yet, this lens has it.
I'm over the moon with this one
NEX-6
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0mm
f/1.0
1/80s
ISO 400