Pentax SMC D-FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro WR : Specifications and Opinions

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Niria93

sent on 19 Dicembre 2022

Pros: Pretty much everything except AF

Cons: AF

Opinion: Where do I start, first of all I state that I use it on k70 and I was extremely satisfied from the first shots. The build quality is excellent, very compact dimensions to be a 100mm, impeccable image quality and colors (you can see that it is pentax), returns very detailed images (which is appreciated especially in macro), extremely versatile because it is suitable for all types of photography (I used it at the moment for landscapes, portraits, macro and still life and it did not disappoint me in the least) and last but not least, It is tropicalized. As a con I noticed only one thing that in my opinion is not minimally relevant since I do not use it, the AF is noisy (it looks like a screwdriver) and slightly slow compared to many other lenses but in my opinion it is quite useless, especially if you shoot macro. As far as I'm concerned, it's a lens that I absolutely must.

Leopoldo Lusa

sent on 20 Aprile 2021

Pros: Sharpness, color rendering, bokeh, build quality.

Cons: Slow autofocus

Opinion: Macro objective "all round", with a construction quality perceptible in every detail. The diaphragm in my specimen at one point closed with some delay compared to the shot, so it gave, to the most closed diaphragms, an overexposure. Having the slats cleaned back to work properly even though, in my opinion and perhaps in my specimen, the diaphragm recall spring is a little weak. The optical performance is excellent, the autofocus "frullino" you know is a bit slow, but in macros it can be seen as a venial sin. I use it with satisfaction on both pentax k5 and Sony a7r2 and a6000. On the latter, not having the ring of the diaphragm, I found a craft ring that allows it to be closed manually jerky, even if it lacks the indication of the exact diaphragm. Ah, I forgot: the mechanical focus that it possesses, unlike the electro-designed ones, in macros is very welcome.

Beno

sent on 30 Aprile 2020

Pros: Very light, uncluttered, sharpness of images

Cons: Long autofocus because the limiter is missing

Opinion: I use it with a k1. Excellent macro lens, very light and compact and that one can always carry with you in the backpack if ever happen some strange insect or, why not, some portrait (the blurred is not bad). They have it in the macro sets at the 50 macro f 2.8 for a greater versatility of shots, although the definition of 100mm is in the specimens in my superior possession. Manual focus is always recommended in low-contrast situations to avoid confusing your photo machine with a crazy screwdriver.

Albertoscaccia

sent on 01 Ottobre 2019

Pros: returns very detailed images, bright, compact, pentax colors

Cons: autofocus without limiter

Opinion: It took me a while to appreciate this goal, at first I considered it unusable with autofocus; in fact, it was very difficult to focus even outdoors in the sunlight. The Reflex moped kept going back and forth seamlessly. Then there was the turn with the most appropriate setting of the maf on the k1 (in afc spot mode on the center points), at which point the blender is still there but much less. The optical quality is exceptional as well as the weatherproof construction, in conclusion if it had the internal ultrasonic engine and the limiter as its counterpart Tamron 90mm macro 2.8 would be much more usable , to resume insects for example. We hope that Pentax will update this goal, which in many ways is a jewel of optics and makes it adapted to the times and the competition.

user11063

sent on 14 Marzo 2019

Pros: Really great sharpness at every aperture; Excellent construction and valuable materials; Contained chromatic aberrations, versatility in the use of various photographic genres (portrait on all).

Cons: In my opinion one: no focus limiter.

Opinion: It happens that you buy a lens for a photographic genre and then you discover its versatility of use in other types of shots. That was my case. Taken to make Macro, as is normal it is, and used on par for portraiture. In macro, on tripod, with remote shutter release and micrometric sled it is difficult to put the autofocus in crisis. By clicking in manual focus the ring responds with fluidity and gives a certain pleasure in the use. The bokeh of the lens is in my opinion really intriguing, never nervous, but it is the transition from the focus area to the out of focus to be a true added value because it is really gradual and, although very engraved, never annoying or contrived. The surprise is to see him work well in the portrait because, although we can think the opposite, the lens behaves well within a certain range of distance from the subject, say from 1.5 Mt. Up to 4/5MT. In this scissor the portrait is amazing: The lens returns an incredible detail and I like it very much, even in this genre!. It seems to me that beyond that distance the lens does not work as well as it can do for example a 70-200 or a fixed 200 (but it is a simple impression). In this context my reduced experience has not made me notice any particular criticality in autofocus, of course it takes a little patience with subjects not really static but the children can still photograph them. It ends up being a bright tele that is worth considering also as a portrait lens because, moreover, the Pentax colors in this have a lot to say!. Simply the lens with more sharpness than my wretched optical park!!!. I recommend the purchase dispatedly.

Erinobecherini

sent on 05 Dicembre 2018

Pros: Sharpness, bokeh, weather resistance.

Cons: Autofocus

Opinion: If this lens had a height autofocus it would be first prize in its category. I did not want to take a vote for this because I often use a manual focus and I must say that it was love at first sight. A unique design and still unimitated, does not resemble any other Pentax lens or other brands. What about, it's one of the first I bought of the Pentax and I don't really think about giving it away. On the K-1 then found its right size, that full frame. It is very valid not only for the macros and all in all quite bright, resistant to rain and bad weather... what else can you want?

Epstein

sent on 16 Gennaio 2018

Pros: size, optical quality, fabulous blurred

Cons: AF

Opinion: I added 10 of the evaluation, the limits of the AF - strictly speaking - should preclude the maximum rating of this lens, but over the years I have had the opportunity to try macro lenses of other brands and there is an aspect - for me fundamental in a macro lens - that makes this Pentax lens irreplaceable: a blurred so softly blurred I find it only with this 100mm, a passage so soft between fire and out of focus I get it only with him and then when a lens becomes irreplaceable as you do not to give it 10? rnOf course then has the advantages of Pentax optics, the build quality, the incredibly small size to be FF optics, the tropicalization that makes the pair with the tropicalized cameras of the brand.

Verana48

sent on 02 Aprile 2017

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L'Olandese Volante

sent on 29 Novembre 2016

Pros: Even just looking at it, a small and perfect masterpiece of mechanical: very compact, all-metal, the first impression one has is of extreme robustness and efficiency; small but not lightweight, fits in every bag and, valuable not to be forgotten, is a WR: with its wheel flange is perfectly adapted to the traditional qualities of tropicalizzazionerndelle Pentax cameras.

Cons: As expected, given the presence of the "PTO", autofocus, controlled by the machine and therefore not quick and peremptory as that of optical with internal AF motor; But beware: even if it takes a fraction of a second longer when hooks does it with surgical precision, without wishing to be considered, however, that often, in macro, the focus is done manually, and perhaps with the machine on the stand; attention also to the ring MAF: AF is switched off and must be careful not to hinder the movement with his hand, something relatively simple because the same ring has moved far forward, so close to the front lens.

Opinion: Focus aside, it is a superb goal, that if the play on par with the best counterparts of competition: the constructive accuracy beyond (I open a parenthesis, important for me: I have not yet happened, with Pentax, the find a lens less than perfect in terms of construction: no games between the rings, the focus rings shaky, zoom too hard or too "loose", that move independently of lengthening or shortening depending on the location of the machine), the ' lens is dry and sharp as you would expect from a glass you can say "specialist" and, though this model allows it, also ideal for portrait, facilitated in this by the generous aperture of f / 2.8.

Crrubert

sent on 30 Agosto 2015

Pros: sharpness, waterproof, super macro, light and compact

Cons: In low light the fire does not hook forcing the lens to long commutes back and indietro.rn

Opinion: This lens is a little little considered but has the merit of being a perspective professionale.rnLa sharpness is higher regardless of the diaphragm, it has a bit of glitches in the event of rnfocheggiamento the night or in dark places, but also in the case of macro with shallow light, it resolves the quick shiftrnoppure manual.

user44306

sent on 03 Maggio 2015

Pros: Risolvenza micro contrast and exceptional compact and weather sealed, all-metal construction

Cons: Missing a limiter Focus

Opinion: This lens is a pleasure to use and hold built entirely of metal with a black finish and a ring focus fluidissima.rnLa compactness means that you can easily bring in the bag along with other lenti.rnConsiglio also ' Use for portraits, activity that lends itself exceptionally although excess sharpness even at f2.8 means that you have to spend a little 'more time in post production !!!