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Pentax smc DA 14mm f/2.8 ED [IF]

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Pentax for APS-C cameras, 14mm f/2.8.

MakerPentax
Focal length14mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/2.8
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsPentax K
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

142435508513520040080021mm equiv.14mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 21mm · 81°
How wide 14mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/2.8
f/2.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (Pentax K): like 21mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/4.2 there.
  • On the larger-sensor bodies of Pentax K: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.

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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.