Product Code: 21260
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Free standard delivery to UK Mainland on all orders over £50
DPD Next Working Day and Saturday delivery also available when ordered before 2pm Mon-Fri
Sell or Part-Exchange
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New-generation, high-performance Star-series lens with large F1.4 maximum aperture
This lens has been developed as a new-generation member of the high-performance Star series — a lineup designed to deliver extra-clear, high-contrast images with edge-to-edge sharpness by compensating various aberrations to a minimum. After conducting an extensive review of the Star-series standards, PENTAX has designed this lens to assure greatly improved resolving power, looking ahead to its use with more advanced, next-generation camera bodies. It provides exceptionally high imaging performance even at open aperture, in addition to a beautiful bokeh (defocus) effect and an outstanding image rendition at close ranges. Developed as the first model of the new-generation Star-series lenses, this large-aperture: standard lens boasts an extra-large F1.4 maximum aperture, useful with many different subjects in a range of applications, including portraiture with an effectively defocused background, and handheld shooting of indoor scenes.
State-of-the-art optical technology
The lens is treated with PENTAX-developed Aero Bright Coating II* — a lens-coating nanotechnology employing a super-low refractive film fabrication process. By coupling this advanced lens coating with the high-grade, multi-layer HD Coating** — which reduces average reflectance in the visible ray spectrum to less than 50% of conventional multi-layer coatings — this lens effectively reduces flare and ghost images to a minimum even in demanding lighting conditions such as backlighting. By incorporating three super-low dispersion glass elements and one aspherical element in its optics, it effectively compensates chromatic and spherical aberrations, and produces brilliant, high-contrast images with edge-to-edge sharpness. Since it minimizes distortion even at a focusing distance of approximately one meter, it produces crisp, distortion-free images over the entire focusing range, from the minimum focusing distance to infinity.
*A state-of-the-art, PENTAX-original lens coating technology developed from nanotechnology. It applies a silica aerogel layer with a uniform porous structure over a regular multi-coating layer to reduce surface reflections across a wide wavelength range and produce crisp, high-quality images.
**HD stands for High Definition.
What's in the box.
FOCAL LENGTH EQUIVALENT TO 35 MM FORMAT | 76,5mm |
MINIMUM APERTURE | F16 |
NUMBER OF DIAPHRAGM BLADES | Number of Diaphragm Blades: 9 |
Rounded aperture (F1.4-2.8) | Diaphragm Control: Fully automatic |
ANGLE OF VIEW | 47゜(when attached to PENTAX 35mm SLR cameras) |
CONSTRUCTION | 15 elements in 9 groups |
SMALLEST OBJECT DISTANCE/MAGNIFICATION | 0.4m / 1.3 ft |
MAGNIFICATION | 0.18x |
FILTER SIZE | 72mm |
MOUNT | KAF4 |
WEIGHT | Approx. 910g (with hood Approx. 955g) |
DIMENSIONS (LENGTH X DIAMETER) | Approx. 106 mm x 80 mm |
KIT CONTENT |
Lens Hood: PH-RBB72 Lens Cap: O-LC72 Lens Case: S120-140 Lens mount cap K |
SPECIAL FEATURES | HD Coating Aero Bright Coating SP (Super Protect) Coating AW (All Weather Resistant) SDM - Ultrasonic Motor Quick-shift Focus System |