looking for prime lens for pentax k50. amazon compabtiblity checks says this lens will not work. Anyone know if this is true?
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I don't own a K50, but it works fine on my K30, and the K30 is basically the K50 with a different outer shell. Also, I found some photographers that have posted photos with this lens attached to their K50 and they look great.
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Pretty much any Pentax K mount lens will fit any Pentax. I think it will work.
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I own the lens it works perfectly on my pentax k30 and should work perfectly on the pentax k50. I am not sure what compatibility check would claim it does not work on the k50. The lens at f1.8 is fast, it is inexpensive, it is sharp and is a my favorite lens for portraits.
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It works fine in my K-30. As far as I know the K-30 and the K-50 are very similar in their hardware, but better check if maybe you will need an adapter.
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Not only will it work with the K50 it is a top choice. Lens is bright, has many depths of field, great image quality. This is a lens you won't outgrow and will go back to time and again.
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I ordered the lens to work with my Pentax K-50. Be sure to get the 2X teleconverter with the lens. You can get T-mount adapters for the lens to fit several camera mountings.
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mine is kx. it works great. I think all k-mount lens would work on Kx and Kr.
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It also says it will not work with K-7 or K-5ii. This is a newer lens made for today's Pentax and Ricoh DSLR's. I wouldn't trust the assistant. Go to the Pentax site to determine if it will fit. I believe we can trust those who responded here.
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Update: I have looked at various SMC Takumar lenses on Google images and now I think I have a better understanding of your problem. Not all SMC Takumar 50 mm f/1.4 lenses are created equal. My lens is of and older origin. I have seen in pictures of a another SMC takumar lens that seems to protrude more in the back. I think this is your problem. If you have the "Late" version of this lens, then yes is it may not work. You are going to have to buy a earlier version of this lens , around 1961-1972? I'm not a lens expert, but it looks like the lens that you do have will not work with this adapter, unless you take it to a machinist and have them widen the internal diameter of the adapter it sounds like. (It may not be much.) Pentax through out the years kept changing designs of their lenses like most companies to take advantage of more "Features" and "Auto" settings. Sorry you are having problems. I wish you all the best luck with this! Bryan
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Well.... technically yes. After all, "Pentax claims that all their auto-focus cameras are backward compatible with K-mount lenses dating back as far as 1975 without need for an adapter." But there are major trade offs. The camera cannot read the set f-stop of K and M series lens. You won't be able to take advantage of the autofocus options. You may need to manually set aperture. You'll have to compensate for the smaller digital chip size as compared to 35mm film. But technically the lens is will work. You'll likely get better results from upgrading to a lens designed for use with the digital camera. The K-5 II does offer full manual control options that will let it resemble the Pentax ME. Well... except for maybe the film advance lever and rewind crank.
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I have a Pentax older that yours and all of the lens seem to work fine. I have both Sigma and Tamron lenses You know that with the older lenses it won't be weather resistant. It's only WR with Pentax WR lenses.
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Great lens, very nice on Pentax K-3 and I do not know any reason why it would not be super good on K-50. Well built and has good wether sealing (but you know that) :)
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Claudia, while I am not personally familiar with the K-30, I do know that all Pentax K-mount lenses are physically compatible with all k-mount cameras, including the K-30. Some combinations of camera and lens may result in limitations in metering or such functions, but this lens is fully compatible with this model.
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I have this lens, it's very nice. I bought it for my Pentax K3 and recently started researching how to adapt it to a Pentax Q7 so I purchased a Pentax adapter K for Q. From what I read the adapters work but you will have to manually focus since there are no auto focus contact points on the adapters. I believe the same is true with all the less expensive adapters.
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Hi Ben,I just ordered this camera, but currently have the k100d. I did use an older lens with my k100d a while back and I had to press the a/e button for about a second to get it to stop down, the camera won't know what the aperature is set at, but it is still usable. I find dpreview.com is really helpful for those sort of questions. Just type in your query in the 'search' area and any discussion about it will come up. Good luck.
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I know it will probably work with the K50 since it is the upgrade for my K30. I would suggest you Google pentax.com with this question. I have a feeling it probably will work but I don't want to lead you astray!
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It works perfectly with my Pentax K10 and it is my understanding that it should work with the K5 and all other Pentax DSLR's made since the K10..according to Pentax. I actually bought 2 for this reason.
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I'm not quite sure what the "quick shift" is. I don't own a K-50. This lens is ok. I would recommend getting a sigma 18-50 2.5 or sigma 17-70 2.5-4. Much better quality. Costs about twice as much but it is worth it.
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Well.... Guesing that you are looking for and M42 to K adapter for pentax, you can search here at amazon or outside, there are many. And the K5 is capable to use an M42 lens with the right adapter.
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Hi Ben, I just ordered this camera, but currently have the k100d. I did use an older lens with my k100d a while back and I had to press the a/e button for about a second to get it to stop down, the camera won't know what the aperature is set at, but it is still usable. I find dpreview.com is really helpful for those sort of questions. Just type in your query in the 'search' area and any discussion about it will come up. Good luck.