Pentax DA Limited Lens!!

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Guys, with the slew of new DA limited or DA* Primes coming, and with Full Frame DSLRs coming sooner than later, we seem to have forgot the 3 pancake lenses that's been the staple for a while...

Just wanted to share with you some amateurish photos of the lenses.. And perhaps anyone's who have or had own them before, may want to post pictures they have taken with these lenses ...

DA 21mm f3.2

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

DA 40mm f2.8

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

DA 70mm f2.4

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Pentax DA Limited currently available line up

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Don't you just love them!

flipfreak · 27th February 2008

the pictures don't look sharp and seems rather noisy. how come?

handheld and high iso?

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Sorry, didn't use a macro lens, crop a lot of it, and under exposed... ISO 800 as well. End up, have to bring the highlight pretty high, and also added some sharpening (from Picasa though).

flipfreak · 27th February 2008

Originally Posted by hjbyeo

Sorry, didn't use a macro lens, crop a lot of it, and under exposed... end up, have to bring the highlight pretty high...

oic.

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

A Pentax DA 40mm on a K100D

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

DA 40mm with my K10D GP!

Redsun · 27th February 2008

alright!lets not forget the pancakes

Thanks fengwei for letting me try this

istDeS · 27th February 2008

I realised i use them most of the time together with my DS. Small and light. Here's my Ltds with DS.

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Originally Posted by istDeS

I realised i use them most of the time together with my DS. Small and light. Here's my Ltds with DS.

Indeed, that's exactly why we bought the pancakes ?! Nice and compact with our pentax DSLRs..

Taken with the DA 21mm f3.2 (aperture - f4, shutter speed - 1/500)

This is shot at the 'garden of fame' near ihub, Jurong East. Love the trees.. simply by the fact that every branch starts to branch upwards. Made me think why these guest of honour planted these trees... maybe it's just representing that their career will keep on rising!!! :> Anyways, love this pancake limited lens.. absolutely sharp!

Taken with the DA 21mm f3.2 (aperture - f8, shutter speed - 1/45)

Made a trip to the Sentosa Flower Festival 2008 with my friends and definitely a very useful lens to have with you! I had the FA 100mm f3.5 on my k10D (for the flowers) and the DA 21mm with my K100D (for walk around pictures!)...

hjbyeo · 27th February 2008

Taken with the DA 40mm along Clarke Quay... (f4.0, 1/15s, and handheld)

NoMoney · 27th February 2008

It's so tempting!!!

Too bad, I am jobless for the time being, otherwise, would dig my bank "reserve" to get another lens.

ilario · 27th February 2008

heheh that time touch your 40mm... cannot forget the feel, so sturdy and awesome

I think the pancakes look really damn good on the *ist DS but on the K10D er abit... funny

Bloody good lens anyway, if got money sure get one haha

sbc · 28th February 2008

For owners of DA21, I have a question.
How do you use a 43mm filter? 49mm is easy to understand, but I cant figure out the 43mm part.

scorpioh · 28th February 2008

Originally Posted by hjbyeo

Indeed, that's exactly why we bought the pancakes ?! Nice and compact with our pentax DSLRs..

Taken with the DA 21mm f3.2 (aperture - f4, shutter speed - 1/500)

This is shot at the 'garden of fame' near ihub, Jurong East. Love the trees.. simply by the fact that every branch starts to branch upwards. Made me think why these guest of honour planted these trees... maybe it's just representing that their career will keep on rising!!! :> Anyways, love this pancake limited lens.. absolutely sharp!

Taken with the DA 21mm f3.2 (aperture - f8, shutter speed - 1/45)

Made a trip to the Sentosa Flower Festival 2008 with my friends and definitely a very useful lens to have with you! I had the FA 100mm f3.5 on my k10D (for the flowers) and the DA 21mm with my K100D (for walk around pictures!)...

sory, i don't get the sharp feel from ur pics. is it because of resizing?

fengwei · 28th February 2008

The DA pancakes are indeed very special lenses. I've had them all, and more than twice actaully. Here are some photos taken by the DA21 (first three are wide open):

fengwei · 28th February 2008

Originally Posted by istDeS

I realised i use them most of the time together with my DS. Small and light. Here's my Ltds with DS.

I got a similar one here

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Pentax DA Limited Lens!! Guys, with the slew of new DA limited or DA* Primes coming, and with Full Frame DSLRs coming sooner than later, we seem to have forgot the 3 pancake lenses that's been the staple for a while... Just wanted to share with you some amateurish photos of the lenses.. And perhaps anyone's who have or had own them before, may want to post pictures they have taken with these lenses ... DA 21mm f3.2 __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:34 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! DA 40mm f2.8 __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:35 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! DA 70mm f2.4 __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:35 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! Pentax DA Limited currently available line up __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:35 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! Sorry, didn't use a macro lens, crop a lot of it, and under exposed... ISO 800 as well. End up, have to bring the highlight pretty high, and also added some sharpening (from Picasa though). __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:37 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! A Pentax DA 40mm on a K100D __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:35 PM.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! DA 40mm with my K10D GP! __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 10:36 PM.

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istDeS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: "River end" Posts: 2,912	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! I realised i use them most of the time together with my DS. Small and light. Here's my Ltds with DS.

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hjbyeo Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,950	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! Taken with the DA 40mm along Clarke Quay... (f4.0, 1/15s, and handheld) __________________ Pentaxian \| apwp flickr Last edited by hjbyeo; 27th February 2008 at 11:55 PM.

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NoMoney Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ang Mo Kio Posts: 1,206	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! It's so tempting!!! Too bad, I am jobless for the time being, otherwise, would dig my bank "reserve" to get another lens. __________________ Let's get rolling :)

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ilario Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 163	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! heheh that time touch your 40mm... cannot forget the feel, so sturdy and awesome I think the pancakes look really damn good on the *ist DS but on the K10D er abit... funny Bloody good lens anyway, if got money sure get one haha __________________ Functional disorder

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sbc Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West of Singapore Posts: 605	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! For owners of DA21, I have a question. How do you use a 43mm filter? 49mm is easy to understand, but I cant figure out the 43mm part. __________________ K20D, BG2, DA18-55II, DFA100, DA*60-250, 540FGZ

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fengwei Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bukit Gombak Posts: 9,091	Re: Pentax DA Limited Lens!! The DA pancakes are indeed very special lenses. I've had them all, and more than twice actaully. Here are some photos taken by the DA21 (first three are wide open):