Pentax soft focus lenses

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Pentax soft focus lenses

Pentax has made an 85mm and a 28mm soft focus lens. Manual focus.

Th 85 seems pretty common but the 28 is difficult to find.

Did they make any others for 35mm?

Jul 31, 2024 at 03:07 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Pentax soft focus lenses

There are three Pentax 85mm soft lenses; the SMC Pentax-M 85mm f/2.2 (which I own), and the SMC Pentax-F and -FA 85mm f/2.8 autofocus lenses. The -M 85/2.2 gets its 'soft' from pretty extreme distortion, towards the edges of its two-elements. It can have interestingly-wierd bokeh, towards the edges. I imagine the -F and -FA 85/2.8 Soft are more like the traditional soft focus lens, like the Canon EF 135/2.8 Soft.

http://kmp.pentaxians.eu/lenses/short-tele/

Aug 02, 2024 at 06:52 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Pentax soft focus lenses

I asked as I found and picked up a 28mm soft focus lens to go with my older 85 manual focus model. Both are nice and I find some good use for the 28.

Aug 03, 2024 at 04:01 PM


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