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Pentax HD DA 560mm f/5.6 ED AW

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Pentax for APS-C cameras, 560mm f/5.6. A super-telephoto prime for birds and distant wildlife.

MakerPentax
Focal length560mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/5.6
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsPentax K
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

1424355085135200400800840mm equiv.560mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 840mm · 2°
How wide 560mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/5.6
f/5.6 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (Pentax K): like 840mm on full frame; f/5.6 gives about the depth of field of f/8.4 there.
  • On the larger-sensor bodies of Pentax K: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.

Cameras it fits

Questions people ask

See what it frames: its view on the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.