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Retail Price: $599.95
Deal Price: $439.95
Savings: $ 160.00 ( 27% )
Stock: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Pentax
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Average Evaluation: 
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Pentax
EAN: 0027075124783
Feature: Ultra-thin, super lightweight design
Is Fragile: 0
Label: Pentax
Manufacturer: Pentax
Minimum Focal Length: 70
Model: 21620
Publisher: Pentax
Release Date: 2006-11-05
Studio: Pentax
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Features
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Ultra-thin, super lightweight design
Focal length equivalent to 105mm in the 35mm format with *ist & K-series DSLRs
High-grade aluminum construction in the lens barrel, hood, and cap.
Pentax SP coating helps protect the lens against dust, water, and grease
Quick-shift Focus System for instant AF to MF switching
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Editorial Reviews:
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The smc PENTAX-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited lens is exclusively designed for use with PENTAX digital SLR cameras and features an ultra-thin pancake design, along with uni-focal, medium-telephoto optics. With a medium-telephoto perspective, this lens is ideal for many applications including landscape and portraiturescape. High-performance optics ensures outstanding image quality, and provides distinctive visual expression. Materials used for the 70mm F2.4 lens are selected for optimum holding comfort and operability. This little beauty is designed to be extremely thin and lightweight, for go-anywhere portability for casual, day-to-day snapshot photography.
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Reviews :
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Evaluation:
Conclusion: DA 70mm vs. FA 77mm
Review: A lot of people have a tough time choosing between DA 70mm Limited and the FA 77mm Limited. Both lenses have their merits, but I ended up going with the DA 70mm for a few reasons...
DA 70mm pros:
- Much faster autofocus.
- Much less CA (chromatic aberrations) and purple fringing.
- Much cheaper.
- Still works on film bodies, but you need a body that supports aperture controls.
FA 77mm pros:
- About 1 stop faster (f/1.8 vs f/2.4).
- Has an aperture ring so it works on all Pentax 35mm film bodies as well as digital.
- General consensus that the bokeh is better.
- Slightly longer reach.
Both lenses are sharp and render images beautifully, so as you can see, it really depends on what you want from the lens.
Since I wanted this lens for candid portraits, I needed the much faster autofocus capabilities. I also figured that I wouldn't shoot at f/1.8 much anyways since I find it difficult to work with such a small depth of field when shooting portraits. While most people find the FA 77mm's bokeh to be better, the 70mm still produces very pleasing bokeh. It's just different.
All in all, the DA 70mm seemed like a much better deal to me and I don't regret buying it over the FA 77mm at all.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Great lens for portraits and landscapes
Review: I'm extremely happy with this lens. The speed is decent enough at f2.4 and the autofocus works fast with the K100D. Apart from film size advantages, one of the reasons medium format is such a good portrait format has to do with the 'normal' lens being in the 70-85mm zone. You get just the right perspective and DOF.
This lens is good to use across the room, as you can concentrate on one or two people at a time. On digital the detail and color resolution is very natural, not over done as with some. The smooth transition to really good bokeh is another advantage.
Even though Pentax does not recommend the DA lenses for film bodies, I tried it out with good results on a ZX-10 camera. No vignetting and decent sharpness across the field. There is no aperture ring on the lens, so you'd need a body that works with that.
Overall I recommend this lens as an excellent optic, well made and compact.
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