Old lens. Good lens. Cheap lens. Sharp lens. You'll have to blame some other link in the chain....
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I took possession, yesterday, of a used Pentax 75mm f2.8. A lens originally designed and produced for use with the brand's original, manually focusing 645 format film body. It's small, light and still focuses smoothly and quickly. I put the lens on a Fuji GFX 50Sii camera and shot a few photographs this afternoon. The lens is very sharp, delivers great details contrast, and makes a really nice companion for this current medium format digital camera. The focal length is the equivalent of a 60mm lens on a full frame camera which is just about right for the vast majority of casual stuff I like to photograph.
The folks at B&H had this particular sample of this ancient lens and it was priced at $275. I consider it an incredible bargain because of its performance and compactness. Even with an adapter (Pentax 645 > GFX) attached it's a convenient and non-obtrusive package. Every medium format GFX shooter would benefit from picking up one of these. Just perfect.
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