Meyer Optik Görlitz Biotar 58mm f/1.5 II Pentax K-Mount
Meyer Optik Görlitz Biotar 58mm f/1.5 II Pentax K-Mount | Bright portrait perspective
The combination of a 58mm focal length and f/1.5 maximum aperture gives this standard prime a distinctly portrait-focused feel. It’s a manual-focus interchangeable lens for Pentax K-mount cameras, best suited to photographers who enjoy taking time over focus and want to make portraits with a subject that’s easy to separate from its surroundings. The bright maximum aperture gives you room to work in softer available light and to keep your focus on the person in front of you. On a Pentax APS-C body, the framing is equivalent to about 87mm on full frame, a useful perspective for head-and-shoulders portraits. That longer view can also help you compose more tightly without moving close to your subject. If you prefer autofocus or need to react quickly to moving subjects, manual focusing will ask for more patience; for deliberate portrait sessions, it’s part of the appeal.
Specialist Note
f/1.5 gives you practical freedom to make a portrait in available light and keep the focus plane narrow. I’d use that wide setting for a head-and-shoulders portrait, then take care to place focus precisely on the nearer eye. The 58mm focal length gives a natural-feeling working distance for this kind of portrait, and on a Pentax APS-C body it frames like about 87mm on full frame. Since focusing is manual, I’d recommend it to someone happy to slow down and compose deliberately, rather than chasing fast action. It’s a characterful setup for considered portraits, not a lens I’d choose for quick, moving subjects.
Technical Specifications
- Product kind: Interchangeable lens
- Focal length: 58mm
- Maximum aperture: f/1.5
- Lens type: Standard Prime
- Mount: Pentax K
- Focus: Manual Focus
- Genuinely suited for: Portrait
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Meyer Optik Görlitz Biotar 58mm f/1.5 II Pentax K-Mount ...è stato ordinato al fornitore e verrà spedito non appena sarà di nuovo disponibile.
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Condition
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Lens mountPentax K
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Focal length58
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Aperture1.5
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