RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: DA35/2.4 and DA70/2.4 Limited on Film (Large Samples, f/2.8 to f/11)

Sunday, November 27, 2011

DA35/2.4 and DA70/2.4 Limited on Film (Large Samples, f/2.8 to f/11)

The following shots were made with the above two DA lenses on my MZ-S with Fuji Superia 200 film on a bright day and film-scanned in about 6 megapixels. Here they are:-

DA(L) 35/2.4	DA 70/2.4 Limited
f/2.8	f/2.8
f/4	f/4
f/5.6	f/5.6
f/8	f/8
f/11	f/11

So, it is proven that both lenses are 100% Full Frame compatible. As for the optical performance (versus problems) at different apertures, it'd better for you to go measurebate and find these out by yourself! :-)

Related:-

Compatibility of DA Lenses on Full Frame

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frank d · 696 weeks ago

wow nice...AND THE MZ5 WHAT great film camera...you have some great toys Rice....Pentax is always a step ahead of the game. Look at their A lenses that work with all the digital cameras of today. Can't do that with Nikon, Sony, or CAnon.
Good seeing you taking some photos...That city looks so big.

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RiceHigh 110p · 696 weeks ago

Thanks, but it's a MZ-S, not the 5! (though the two characters do look alike~)

As for those test *samples*, once again they were created just for the sake of testing, not really anything I wanted to take as "photos" by themselves! :-)

Hong Kong might be a big (or should be crowded) city, the above samples show only a small part of it. For some of my previous photos showing both sides of the Victoria harbour (i.e., the urban areas), you can take a look at:-

http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2010/11/over-hong-ko...

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jlahuer · 696 weeks ago

100% full frame compatible?
Well, your images at f2.8 and even f4 show a 'bit' of vignetting, I would say...
But yes, the lens can mount and shot, that's true.

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RiceHigh 110p · 696 weeks ago

Vignetting is a major weakness of the FF, even those Canon L lenses that are ten times dearer than the DA35 are of no exception. Here is the PZ vignetting test of the iuxury EF35L on 5D2, see what happens yourself!

http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/516-canon35f...

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Walt · 696 weeks ago

Exactly. Really the DA L 35 should have been designated a DFA. With FF any lens will have darker corners at bigger aperatures. Dedicated APS-C lenses typically show the same performance characteristic on APS-C. With FF a larger format lens does not exist to give it a sweet spot effect as with FF lens on APS-C. A non FF compatible lens would basically have a smaller circle at big aperatures not just slightly darkened corners.

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aurele · 695 weeks ago

i tried the DA 35/2.4 on film too, and if you don't take picture of some very bright scene, you won't notice the vignetting :)

But that's a good thing to know that the 70/2.4 is FF compatible :) now i just wonder if i need the half stop of the FA77 ;-)