Lens Reviews

Pentax 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 DA fisheye at PFF

Fish have eyes. But do they zoom? We don't know, but what we do know is that there is a new review of the Pentax 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 DA fisheye lens at Pentax Forums.

Pentax 560mm f5.6 at PFF

Bring on the Jeep! This lens is too big! It is a new review of the Pentax 560mm f5.6 at PentaxForums.com.

Pentax 50-135mm f2.8 DA* at PF

The Pentax has f2.8 zoom lenses too and their 50-135mm f2.8 DA* lens has been reviewed at the Pentax Forums website.

Pentax 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 at ePtzne

The whole world begins to zoom when you are using a superzoom. It is a new review of the Pentax 18-270mm f3.5-6.5 SDM lens at ePhotozine.

Pentax 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 at PFF

From the modesty of a prime we go to the extravagance of a superzoom, it is a new review fo the Pentax 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 DA at the Pentax Forums website. This is not optically stabilized, presumably because all Pentax APS-C DSLRs offer sensor-shift stabilization.

Pentax 50mm f1.8 DA at LensTip

Prime time for the K-world with a new detailed review of the Pentax 50mm f1.8 DA lens at Lenstip.com which is the humanly-translated to english version of the Polish language reviews published at Optyczne.pl. Since a lot more people read english, we are posting the LensTip versions of the reviews.

Pentax 18-135 DA WR at SLR Gear

Another 18-135mm lens is getting reviewed, it is this time of the Pentax variety, the f3.5-5.6 ED AL IF DC SMC DA WR and it is posted at SLR Gear.

Pentax 55mm f1.4 DA* at PentaxForums

Prime time again, this time of the K-mount variety with a new review of the Pentax 55mm f1.4 DA Star lens at PentaxForums.

Pentax 50mm f1.8 DA at ePhotozine

Prime time now with the K-mount, with a new review of the Pentax 50mm f1.8 DA lens at the very busy ePhotozine.

Pentax 50mm f1.8 DA at SLR Gear

Back to the Pentax normal primes we go with a review of the 50mm f1.8 DA at SLR Gear.

Pentax 50mm group test at PFF

Group test now at the PentaXforums website where three Pentax 50mm lenses are squared off - the FA f1.4, the FA D f2.8 macro, and the DA f1.8. Enough Fa and Da to almost write your own K-musical ;-)

Pentax 18-135 DA WR at RH

Back to the Pentax land we go with a practical photographer priority review of the Pentax 18-135mm DA WR at Ricehigh.

Pentax 40mm f2.8 DA Ltd at ephotozine

ePhotozine has gone into a lens review burst mode, this is the first of their lens burst mode reviews, it is pancake season, it is the Pentax 40mm f2.8 DA Ltd.

Pentax 14mm f2.8 at PFFs

Continuing with primes, we go to the wide side with a review of the Pentax 14mm f2.8 DA at the PentaxForums website.

Pentax 300mm f4 DA* at PFFs

Weight lifting time now with a review of the Pentax 300mm f4 DA* teleprime at the PentaxForums website.

Pentax 15mm f4 DA at PFFs

Limited Prime time with a look at the Pentax 15mm f4 DA Limited at the PentaxForums website.

Pentax 18-135 DA WR at PFFs

The Pentax Forums blogsite is back with a new lens review, it is that of the relatively recent Pentax 18-135mm DA WR lens.

Pentax 40mm f2.8 XS at Dxomark

Dxomark has published their test results with the new Pentax 40mm f2.8 XS DA lens, along with their analysis of their findings. K-Tears are not enough?

Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 vs f4-5.6 comparison at PFF

The PentaxForums blog has posted a comparison review between the Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 DC and the 10-20mm f4-5.6 DC. As you can expect from the website name, they tested the Pentax K-mount versions :)

Pentax 43mm f1.9 retest at Photozone

Retest season continues at Photozone.de, this time they are taking a second look at the Pentax 43mm f1.9 Limited using the Pentax K-5 as the "base" camera for the review.