Portrait lens

[michelleans]

September 23, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Hi guys,

I would really like to get into portrait and macro photography and recent got a Pentax K-x as a birthday present :D

I was looking for a budget lens that would throw up some nice results. I really like to add depth of field to my shots and the kit lens is a f3.5 – f5.6 only. I was looking at this little lens, second hand, but in good nick, cheap and a f2.8 50mm. It’s manual only but not an issue for portraits I think as I’d have a still image or barely moving image. I assume once clearly focused it would be quite fast and bright and create some decent dof.

SMC PENTAX A 50mm f/2 STANDARD LENS

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310248767083&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

Any opinions on this or knowledge of it?

Thanks very much in advance :)

[Piotr M]

September 26, 2010 at 7:40 am

K-x has pentamirror viewfinder. Not the best one for manual focusing. Lens is OK, however, I’d try to find something with AF like 50/1.7. These kind of lenses are very cheap in general. It won’t be difficult to find one.

The camera is very good though. Get some eneloop accus and enjoy photography.