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Retail Price: $1,162.99
Deal Price: $642.00
Savings: $ 520.99 ( 45% )
Stock: N/A
Manufacturer: Pentax
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Average Evaluation:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Pentax
EAN: 0027075050631
Feature: Telephoto lens
Label: Pentax
Manufacturer: Pentax
Minimum Focal Length: 77
Model: 27980
Publisher: Pentax
Studio: Pentax
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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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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Editorial Reviews:
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The Pentax smc P-FA 77mm F1.8 limited is a versatile, high-resolution short telephoto lens of exceptional optical quality. It is specifically designed for portrait photography and accurately reproduces the tones, colors and texture of the subject's skin, clothes and accessories as well as assuring an excellent rendering of highlight and out of focus areas. It also features Pentax's exclusive FREE (Fixed Rear Element Extension) focusing system to ensure sharp, crisp image reproduction over the entire focusing range.
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Reviews :
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Evaluation: 
Conclusion: Exciting lens with amazing bokeh. Overpriced
Review: This is really an amazing lens with "retro" design. It comes with a nice leather bag. The lens feels great in hands, operation is smooth. I liked also the built-in retracting hood. The original cap is metal (as seen in some old lenses) and it sits on the hood itself (not on the front part of the lens, as usually). But there is absolutely no problem in using filters with this lens. Even if you put a screw-in filter of a standard thickness, the cap is long enougth to attach safely to the hood.
The large maximum aperture allows you shooting indoors with available light.
The bokeh of this lens is absolutely gorgeous. You have to see it! An excellent lens for head portraits. And it is good for 35 mm format too.
I did not give 5 stars to this product mainly because the lens I have received had (and still has) a "bug". The aperture shape is visibly far from ideal at f/22 and this imperfection can still be seen at f/16. Ok, I know that this is not really affecting the image quality, and I will hardly ever shoot at f/22 or even at f/16. But I was disappointed to see such problem in the prime product. Well, the price tag certainly sets yout expectations high.
What I do not know for sure, if this was a manufacturing defect, or something went wrong during shipping. But in either case it is not good.
I prefer to buy lenses in stores for this reason, at least it is possible to see/check before buying. But I had no choice in this case.
Another observation (much less important to me) is purple fringing in high contract situations when shooting at large apertures. It is only visible from wide open till f/3.5 in most cases. I can live easily with this.
The lens focuses rather slowly (but acurately) with both my K10D and *istDs.
My opinion (whatever other people may say) is that the lens is quite overpriced.
And the last comment... Could be good if Pentax include a sort of "certificate of authenticity " with their Limited lenses. Not just the standard S/N card. The same goes to the manual, which shows the FA 50 mm lens on the cover page. It is a small thing, but when selling prime products the company should pay attention to such small things.
Thanks for reading!
UPD: Purple fringing may be more pronounced in some situations. I have noticed a significant amount of it when shooting even at f/5.6. In most cases those are reflections from flash.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Metal bodied jewel
Review: Super high quality glass in an all metal body. Fast, sharp, lovely bokeh.
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