DA*55 Photos of San Jose Del Cabo

My short trip to Baja, Mexico coincided with the annual Festival in the Centro Historico downtown area of San Jose Del Cabo. San Jose, founded in 1730, is the oldest city on the Baja Peninusla.

The festival gave me an opportunity to try out the new DA*55 lens with my K20D. While I only spent a few hours on two different afternoons walking around the festivities, I tried to test this lens shooting a range of different subject matter and in different lighting conditions.

Original images all shot in RAW and converted using CS3 to jpegs for posting on Blogger. Other than setting my white and black points (levels) on several images, I did not do any additional processing to these images.

Click on any of these thumbnails to see a larger image file.

DA 15 Lens Details

A few photos of the new DA 15mm lens showing the sliding lens hood, and its relative size compared to a few other Limited lenses. Click on any thumbnail photo to see a larger image.

DA Limited Lens Case

We just received initial production pieces of the DA Limited Lens Case. I thought a few Pentaxians might like to see some detailed photos of the final product. The case should be available for sale in the next week or two at the pentaxwebstore in the US, as well as any dealers that choose to carry the item. The case measures approximately 9"(L) x 3.75" (D) x 3" (H). It comes with 4 padded dividers that have velcro tabs. Retail price is $49.95.

Photos shot with K20D and FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens.

(Note: As we sourced this product in the US, from Case Logic, I don't know if other Pentax subsidiaries will carry it.)

A few people have asked if you can use this case for the FA Limited's. As I only have a 31mm Limited with me, I posted a photo below showing this lens in the case. Not sure if the photo does a good job of showing it, but the 31mm is too big for the case. Very tight fit and too much pressure on the zipper to close the case. Sort of like trying to fit a size 10 foot in a 9 shoe!

Beach Walk with DA* 200mm

I haven't had a chance in the past few months to take many photos. However, being home for the holidays has given me a nice breather from work. New Year's day dawned with a heavy fog bank sitting along the coast in our town of San Clemente, CA. My wife and I took a nice walk along the recently completed 2.5 mile coastal trail. I brought along the DA* 200mm f/2.8 lens with my K20D.

Since this was really a walk for fun and exercise to work off the New Year's Eve celebration, I really didn't have time to do any serious photography. Therefore all these photos are just quick snapshots, which I thought would be a good representation of the type of images possible with the DA*200 lens. It has been awhile since I last shot with this lens, and my walk reminded me how nicely the weight and size of this lens balances with the K20D body. All photos shot in RAW and processed by CS3. As the lighting was very flat, due to the fog, I did bump up the saturation and contrast slightly with some of these photos. Enjoy and Happy New Year to all!