The award winning smc PENTAX DA 14mm F2.8 ED (IF) is the working man’s wide-angle lens. It is elegant yet simple, durable yet capable of high-contrast imagery, fast yet lightweight, and always provides authentic color rendition and sharp edge-to-edge focus.

* Wide-angle
* Landscapes, buildings, interior rooms

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Reviews

Pentax SMC-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED [IF] – Review / Test Report review by photozone.de

Within its class the Pentax SMC-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED [IF] is a very good performer. The center resolution is very high throughout the tested aperture range whereas the border quality is good at f/2.8 and very good around f/8. High vignetting is the most pronounced weakness at f/2.8-f/4. Distortions are relatively well controlled but quite wavy thus somewhat more difficult to correct via imaging tools. CAs (color shadows at the borders) are relatively moderate. Typical for most wide angle lenses the bokeh (the quality of the out-of-focus blur) can be a bit harsh although this aspect actually is very decent for a lens within the ultra-wide scope. The build quality of the DA 14mm is excellent and both the AF speed and accuracy are very fine.

Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF) Interchangeable Lens Review by ephotozine.com

With a crop factor of 1.5x on the *istD cameras, this equates to a field of view similar to 21mm on a 135 format camera and is a little less wide than most of the opposition are achieving at the present time. On top of this, the performance of this lens wide open is not as good as it could be, especially given the price. Along with the other little niggles on picture quality that should not occur in a modern design of lens I was rather disappointed.

In summary, the positive points of the Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF) are:

• Good build quality
• Nice protective pouch

The negative points are:

• Optically disappointing, especially wide open
• High price for performance