Limited Lenses

Pentax make a series of small high quality prime (as opposed to zoom) lenses they call their "limited" series.  The DA lenses are for APS-C sensor digital cameras as the image circle is designed to cover that format and may cause some vignetting with a 24X36 negative/sensor size. The FA series was originally introduced in the film era and will cover the larger format, but works perfectly well with the APS-C digital cameras.

My camera bag was getting too big and heavy so time to build a light travel kit.  I already had the DA35 macro limited and I have just ordered the DA15mm wide angle and the FA77 medium telephoto.  The latter will also make a good portrait lens for available light photography because of it's focal length and fast f/1.8 aperture.

Here is the line up of the 3 Limited lenses ...the images are not quite to scale but this gives a good idea of how compact the series is. I can't wait for the two new lenses to arrive....

There are two other FA limited lenses and quite a few more in the DA series.  However, these three provide a useful focal range and will allow me a lot more portability than my regular camera kit. And, what is nice is I funded these purchases from the sale of some old gear that was no longer being used.