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When Ricoh’s engineers designed this lens the team worked together to design optics, hardware, a housing, and an interface that all combined to make shooting this lens a delightful experience. They succeeded. This is an incredible lens and I’ve never met its equal. In fact, it would be hard for me to identify more than a couple of other lenses that are even in the ballpark.
Yes, this lens it heavy, and yes if you hike all day with it your neck and arms will probably be sore the next few days. That said, the photos you take with it will last far longer and will decidedly turn peoples’ heads.
The work that went into this lens’ design truly paid off. The lens is stunning. It does everything well. It’s a generalist that excels at each task, like a cardshark who knows the rules of every card game and how to win them all, the HD FA* 50mm makes every other 50mm lens for your Pentax kit obsolete. And it should. Given that this lens, still today three years after its release, costs about $1,000 new, it should deliver on the promise of the price.
I’ve said in previous videos that if something costs three times as much as another thing, it needs to be three times as good. I have the previous 50mm 1.4 Pentax lens, too, and Ricoh sells in new online for $350 as of this video. So is the HD FA* three times as good? Easily. Easily and then some. This is one of those pieces of camera gear that I will own for as long as I am able to use a camera.
Like all of Pentax’s cameras, their lenses show their dedication to quality design, thoughtful interface and user experience, and exceptional delivery on the tasks to which a piece of camera equipment is given - good image quality, easy and intuitive usability, long-term reliability, and a wholly enjoyable shooting experience.
Video Index:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Skip the Intro
3:24 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Specifications
4:29 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Tips & Tricks
6:35 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Lens Diagram & Ray Trace
13:02 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Video Use
17:13 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Strengths & Weaknesses
20:25 - HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mm F/1.4 SDM AW Narrative
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