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Best portrait lens for Pentax 67


john_horvath1

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My favourite portrait lens I've used so far is the classic Nikon Nikkor 105mm f/2.5, and I'm looking for the medium format equivalent of that. Which Pentax 67 lens would be the right choice?

 

Reading previous posts on this subject, I gathered that the 200mm is the best, when it comes to tight head / head and shoulder shots.

 

Thoughts?

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The second generation 200 is a great portrait lens, assuming you don't need to use fill flash, in which case find the 165mm 4.0 with the leaf shutter. Keep away from the first generation 200, though. It's closest focusing distance is just shy of a nautical mile -- useless for head shots.
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The second generation 200 is a great portrait lens, assuming you don't need to use fill flash, in which case find the 165mm 4.0 with the leaf shutter. Keep away from the first generation 200, though. It's closest focusing distance is just shy of a nautical mile -- useless for head shots.

 

Thank you! How do I know it's a second generation 200? In general I rarely use flash. What's the difference between the 200 and the 165? Is the 165 more like a 85mm 35mm lens, so good for head and shoulders shots?

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As for the 200s, the new one says SMC Pentax and the old one says Takumar. Also, the old one has a fluted, metal focusing ring and the new one has a focusing ring made of textured rubber.

The 165 is pretty much equivalent to an 80-85 mm lens on a 35mm camera. The thing is it has a leaf shutter, so you can use flash with much higher shutter speeds. The standard flash sync speed of a 6x7 without a leaf shutter lens is 1/30, so useless for fill flash.

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