Especially as it can be picked up so cheap.Īfter having a look on ebay i actually came across the 28mm 2.8.

I think the 28mm 2.8 lens is one of the important lenses to have with the K1000. Of course, if you're on a budget, there are plenty Pentax-K mount lenses by other manufacturers - some are probably not bad. I suppose there must be smaller aperture 35mm's too. The 35mm f2 is good and the bigger aperture is nice (for focussing, etc.) - but not common and not cheap. The 24mm f2.8 is also excellent - but good ones can be a bit pricey. ('Standard' 50mm lenses never seem to get enough in!) I sort-of regard it as my 'standard' lens. The 28mm f3.5 is also excellent, but doesn't seem to come up all that often.įor years, a Pentax-A 28mm f2.8 was the only wide-angle I had. Of course, if you're looking for something less extreme (I thought someone else might say something!), there are loads of 28mm f2.8s on eBay ('old' Pentax-M, 'new' Pentax-M, Pentax-A - sometimes the pre-M ones) - all good.

I realise that's still quite a bit of money - but not compared to what you can pay for a new fish-eye lens - and they seem to be pretty good. They're on eBay for about £100 (from Russia). I just had a bit of a Google and came across a (new) Russian lens: a Zenitar (Zenitar-K) 16mm (f/2.8) fish-eye lens. Paul messerschmidt (europe) edited this topic ages ago. (Actually, I've just discovered I got 500 photos onįlickr taken with this lens! (I hope the link works!) (This has been cropped slightly top and bottom.) A bit softĪt the edges sometimes, but otherwise very good. ($200) (mine was a bit of a steal at £99). Well, I have the Pentax-M 20mm f4, which I love -īut a good one will probably set you back over £100 I am just shooting for fun using ilford delta 3200 and mostly at night.

I have got no idea what to get so was looking for some info or a run down of the options. I am looking to get hold of a wide angle or fisheye lens for this camera as currently i have only got the 50mm f/2 lens that came with it.

Fisheye for pentax k1000