New Pentax Lenses On Old Pentax Cameras . . .

What happens when you use modern Pentax lenses on old Pentax camera bodies? And yes I have got that title the right way around! Usually it's the opposite way around, we tend to use old lenses on new cameras.

But I wanted to see what would happen if I mounted the Pentax DA*16-50mm f2.8 on my now 14 year old Pentax K-5! And the Pentax DA 55-300mm f4.5-f6.3 PLM on the 11 year old Pentax K-3 . . .

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[b.]

Keep this up mate, and you are going to be a Pentax Ambassador, and quite rightly so.

[jawats]

Good video. Ya know, I see photographers like you and Snappiness doing videos like this, and you're all like "See how great these new lenses are on these old bodies and..." yadda yadda. But, what I really see is, ultimately, your developed and practiced skill with your equipment and the art. As my father once said of Jack Nicklaus..."you can have your modern clubs and drivers and he'd still beat the pants off you with something from a thrift store shelf."

So, all that to say - keep making these fascinating, informative, and well-considered videos. But, we know your skill is behind so much of it.

[Yankee]

I picked up a bargain condition 16-50 SDM from KEH. It arrived with a dead lens motor. KEH fixed it under warranty: replaced the motor, cleaned, sealed, and sent me back a nearly new-ish lens. It gave my K-50 an entirely new character. I really like it.

[kcphotogeek]

Awesome shots especially those low fast and wide hero pics. I upgraded to the Pentax KP recently but have been enjoying using the old Pentax-F 24-50mm F4 it’s been especially impressive when adapted to my full frame Sony A7 II high I didn’t expect as I only paid 25EUR for it from Yahoo auctions in Japan. Pentax glass new and old is very underrated imo

[danielspenner]

I really like the concept of testing a system rather than a camera or a lens as a seperate functional unit. After all it's always a system, that's being used. Great video, and it confirms my impression of the K70 with older and more recent lenses.

[danielspenner]

The SDM AF ist quite fast to Focus, too. However, in some cases autofocus will recorrect after confirming focus, so that's really annoying. PLM seems to be the only really reliable modern AF in the Pentax system.

[MadGQ]

Hey Lee, love your videos been your fan for a while, you should do more videos on the Pentax K7!

[camerabaka]

Awesome photos! The colors were so vibrant and full of contrast.

[robbbertonestips]

Thanks for the rewiew Lee, wonderful shots as usual! 💪🏼

[SouthendSites-oc]

I use SMC Pentax-F 50mm F1.4 on a K1...

[rickywriterone]

Fantastically useful video. And terrifically engaging style. Many thanks.

[Stokey_]

Very enjoyable video Lee. My KP shots have benefited from sticking a 55-300 PLM based on your extensive use. Can’t quite justify the jump to K3iii and sticking the nice but heavy 16-50 PLM. Toying with going for monochrome body and keeping my KP? Love your work, ambassador class

[xmeda]

I like lenses like DA18-135WR. It is modern fast focusing lens, but it works even on my K10D without any issue. And can even be adapted to M4/3 and focused manually including manual aperture operation by adaptor lever.

On the other hand my DA55-300PLM WR is only usable on modern K mount body, K3 in my case. On my K5/K20D/K10D it autofocuses, yet aperture does nothing obviously. And when attached to adaptor it does not even allow you to manually focus, because focusing is only done by motor even if you are turing focusing ring by hand.
So that is one of reasons, why I also still have older SMC DA55-300/4-5.8, because that lens works on everything including old film bodies and although being crop DA lens, in most parts of zoom range it covers even film well and I did couple photos with it on my MZ-10.

[mindyourownbusiness]

I have a K200D and a K5 which I use with the 18-55mm WR & 50-200mm WR lenses. I hope to buy the 16-50mm f2.8 in the near future. I love your channel and I love Pentax, I have tried a few other systems including mirrorless but came back to Pentax and a DSLR because you just can't beat them :)

[lindeleasley]

I currently have a K7 and a KF...along with 2 ME Supers, a MX and a LX...so I need much older glass for my "old" bodies. I've got quite a few SMC lenses and they still make a few lenses that I can use on the old bodies.

[paulcharlier]

When I got the 55-300 to use with my KP I was so happy but found it wouldn't work with my KS2, but with an update of the Firmware it works a treat. Awesome lens on both cameras.

[mohnkern]

I use a series of Modern lenses on my K-3 mark i and they work great.

[Big.E]

Love the chanel Lee followed for years now

[danielbrown]

Thanks for the tips on lens compatibility. I would have had a small freak out when I mounted up and couldn’t control aperture. lol. Good content. I think the 55-300 will be carving out some real estate in my bag soon.

[raymondpenalver]

Sounds like a very interesting video to watch Lee, looking forward to this one 😀