I'll always keep the Pentax 28, lot a sentimental value.
Although I've been shooting mainly the Sigma 28-45 lately, in lieu of the Pentax 28 and CV 35/50 APOs.
Fred Miranda wrote: tsdevine wrote:
Instant buy for me, if they come out with an E mount version. Thanks for posting the samples Juha. I hope they stick with the other E mount style and don't use the new one. Won't stop me from buying it, but it will be a disappointment.
Juha Kannisto wrote: FredLee70x7 wrote: Juha Kannisto wrote: FredLee70x7 wrote:
Hi Juha, did you have a chance to try or handle the 28/2 APO? I'm strongly anxious to see it in Sony FE mount, hopefully end of this year!
I didn't try it today as I figured it might not work so well adapted on Sony (as the 35/2 and 50/2 VM APO-Lanthars don't adapt well). I'll see if I have a chance to try it tomorrow.
Np. Thanks!
I did try the APO-Lanthar 28/2 on my Sony A7CII on Saturday (on my 2nd visit to CP+ 2025), but I didn't do a lot of shooting because Cosina area was a lot more crowded on Saturday and staff asked me to shoot on the narrow area between counter and their shooting target area, but there were a lot of customers on all sides. I also don't think it's going to work optimally on Sony sensor stack so I didn't think the test shots that I could take there would be very useful.
The lens felt quite small in hand and on camera. There is one shot in the album taken on my smartphone that shows the lens on my A7CII. The rendering reminded me of my 35/2 APO-Lanthar, very sharp even from wide open at the focused point. Most of the shots in the album were taken at f2. I'm not sure about the longer distance shot, I might have stopped down a little bit on that one.
In hindsight I should have checked if the aperture blades were straight or whether there was any mechanism to support circular aperture at certain aperture values, but it didn't come to my mind at the time and I didn't inspect the aperture blades...
Since Cosina gave some strong hints that the lens is probably coming in mirrorless mounts too, I'm looking forward to buying an E-mount version sometime in the future (hopefully).
On the other hand, when I asked about whether the Portrait Heliar is planned to come in other mirrorless mounts, they said it is not currently planned but they may consider other mounts if the E-mount version is well received / if there appears to be strong demand.
Are you sure you’re ready to part with your beloved Pentax?
