Pentax 70mm f/2.4 DA Limited Lens for Pentax and Samsung Digital SLR Cameras Review

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(More customer reviews)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.
+ Eolake points out in the comments that the DA 70mm is much more compact than the FA 77mm.

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.

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Product Description:
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 withuni-focal, medium-telephoto optics.With a medium-telephoto perspective, this lens is ideal for many applications including landscape and portraiturescape. High-performance optics ensure outstanding image quality, and provide 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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