I've found the bokeh of the K85/1.8 to be quite good, although i've never really pushed its limits in a difficult lighting situation.
Its my favourite Pentax lense! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thibault GROUAS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax discuss pdml.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:56 PM Subject: Re: If You had to pick one lens . . . > Hello Michael, > > I haven't seen B&W bokeh examples yet, so here is an example of what bokeh I > get with the old'85mm/1.8. It also shows how out of focus grain looks like > on the B&W negative (developped for high grain and acutance with rodinal) > > I've found that the 85 1.8 is not so big and heavy, rather discrete, but > gives nice results, and is pretty nice to use. > > It is a candid shot took of my mother during a family dinner at her home. > > http://photofr.ath.cx/pentax/bokeh_and_grain/ > > It is a scan from the neg, I included some smaller-sized images for those > with slower connection speeds, the biggest one is ...huge... but heh, you > get to see the grain with this one ! ^_¨ > > Hope it helps, > > Thibault Grouas. > > > « Michael Cross » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > I am starting out here and looking to purchase (at least for now) one > > prime lens. My primary photographic interest is candids and casual > > portraits of my kids in both individual and small group shots. I am > > looking at a prime lens because I would like to do available light and > > shallow DOF shots and the quality (especially bokeh) is important to me. > > > > So I have narrowed it down to three Pentax lenses: > > > > 1. FA 50mm f/1.4 > > 2. FA 77mm f/1.8 > > 3. FA 85mm f/1.4 > > > > Which lens would you choose? Any others I should consider? >
