Lotus flower photo with the DA 70mm f/2.4 lens

You might have read about lens choices for portraits in many Pentax forums. While the DA50-200 and the new DA*50-135/2.8 offer a lot of flexibility with good wide open aperture, personally, my vote always go to the DA70.

Amazing what you can do with just a piece of black cloth. Nevertheless, I will like to share with how I took the shots, as in what camera setting was used, exposure, etc.

I just bought the FA 31mm f/1.8 Limited!
My reasons are:

~50mm angle of view
Aperture f/1.8
Very sharp with very high resolving power!
Excellent bokeh

It’s been raining the whole afternoon today…but still eager to take some shots before the day ends.

This is the last missing piece in my ‘quest’ to own all three Pentax pancake DA lenses. I love the pancake lenses for its small physical sizes, and covers all the important focal lengths. This is especially useful and beneficial for me when I travel during my business trips where I don’t have to carry [...]

What Pentax lenses did Wesley use to shoot this wedding with a K10D?

By default, the DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6 ED AL does not have a favorable minimum working distance for macro work, not does it really provide good magnification. I don’t have a dedicated macro lens, and is probably not too keen to get one. As the saying goes, there is always more than a way to skin [...]

How excited it was when I was told the distributor had just received one copy each of the highly anticipated DA* lenses, i.e. DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL SDM, and DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED AL SDM. I tested it for about an hour, and initial impressive is very positive.

I just love close focusing lenses, and in the Pentax lens lineup, there are actually quite a few lenses that possessed this capability. The P-DA 18-55m for one focuses closer than the DA 16-45, while the DA14 can focus almost as close as the D-FA 50mm f/2.8 macro. Nevertheless, there’s one that really amazes me…the [...]

Pete Fang has just created an extensive post documenting his 7-day vacation in Greece. In addition to enjoying the superb photos, we get to peek into the equipment he brought along, plus some related tips and tricks.

Ever wondered how a 15mm field of view looks like? On a recent trip back to my hometown, Penang, I chanced upon a camera shop having the Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6 EX DC in Pentax K-mount.

I took this photo with my K10D plus the smc P-DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited at wide open aperture.

First of all, the field of view in 35mm terms is equivalent to 60mm, which is not really standard lens range, and the primary reason I got it is because it is very sharp at wide open aperture, and it makes the Pentax K10D look real cool.

Using the Canon 500D to turn the DA 70 into a limited macro lens at a maximum aperture of f/2.4.

I recently did a fashion show shoot using the DA 70mm at f/2.4 on my K10D. Frankly, I find the autofocusing capability to be way better than the Canon 30D which I used together with 24-105L and 70-300 IS USM lenses.

Here is a collection of links to reports and impressions from owners of Pentax K10 D owners together with a summary or two.

Collected here are links to reviews, related information and image samples taken with Pentax’s amazing new pancake lens, the smc P-DA 70mm f2.4 limited lens, mounted on the Pentax K10D.

The following are links to full-sized image samples shot with production K10 cameras at ISO 1600:

Image #6 at Pentax Japan’s K10d site
The last two images (Image #1 | Image #2) at it.nikkei.co.jp
Three ISO1600 shots at itmedia.co.jp – direct link to full-sized originals: Image #1 | Image #2 | Image #3. Additionally, there are 2 rows [...]

Please find here links to reviews, related information and image samples taken with the FA 50mm f1.4 lens mounted on the Pentax K10D. For more K10 samples, go here.

Find below a collection of links to Pentax 50-200 image samples, reviews and related information. More will be added over time, so don’t forget to add this article to your bookmarks and visit every now and then. You can find more links at the index of Pentax K10D Image Samples.

Dear Reader: This post has been obsoleted. For Pentax K10D user reviews, please go here. Thank You!

Here’s where I collect links to reviews, related information and image samples taken with this “kit” lens that’s bundled with the Pentax K10D. More will be added over time, but for now, you can find more links at the index of Pentax K10D Image Samples.

Here’s where I collect links to reviews, related information and image samples taken with the P-DA 16-45 lens mounted on the Pentax K10D. More links to come as and when I “stumble” upon them! Go here for more categorized image samples.

I guess this list of Pentax K10 image samples will grow and see better categorization over time. The focus of this list is to link up to full-sized pictures with bits of my own descriptions thrown in. Noteworthy resized and postprocessed images are also linked to. Hope you’ll find these helpful.

Videos! This is yet another fantastic way to absorb more information on the Pentax K10 digital SLR camera.
I’ll be bookmarking these videos as and when I come across one, so stay tuned for more to come!
Or, if you have some K10D video links yourself, please share them by leaving a comment below – thanks!

John Carlson, [...]

Note:This post is “obsolete” – for ISO1600 images from production Pentax K10D cameras, go here.
Digital SLR “Image quality” these days is synonymous with the level of high-ISO image performance, and it would seem from the set of early Firmaware Version 0.32 pictures, that the Pentax K10 is no slouch in this department. To my eyes, [...]

As of the date of this post, there are nine official Pentax K10D sample images available. Four of the nine can be found on the Pentax Japan site, and the other 5 are on the Pentax UK site.