Pentax 15mm F4 L is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Wideangle Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Pentax KAF mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Pentax 15mm F4 L lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Pentax 15mm F4 L is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Poor |
| Sports | Poor |
| Portrait | Fair |
| Travel | Average |
| Street | Excellent |
| Wedding | Fair |
| Walk Around | Average |
| Vlogging | Very Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Poor |
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Reasons to Buy Pentax smc DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Pentax smc DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Autofocus |
| Distance Scale |
| DoF(Depth of Field) Scale |
| Hood supplied |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Minimum focus distance of 0.18m / 7.1 inch |
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Lens Mount
Pentax 15mm F4 L is compatible with cameras that have Pentax KAF lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Pentax KAF lenses are Pentax KF, Pentax K-3 III and Pentax KP.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Pentax 15mm F4 L has a maximum diameter of 63mm and total length of 40mm. It weighs 212g / 7.5 oz.
Pentax 15mm F4 L has a filter thread of 49mm.
Focal Range
Pentax 15mm F4 L has a fixed focal lenght of 15mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 22.5mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Pentax 15mm F4 L doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Pentax 15mm F4 L has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.15x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.18m. 0.15x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Pentax 15mm F4 L has a max aperture of F4.0 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Pentax 15mm F4 L's optical formula consists of 8 elements in 6 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 1 Hybrid aspherical element
- 1 ED glass element
Lens Hood
Pentax 15mm F4 L comes with a built-in lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
Body Colour
Pentax 15mm F4 L is available in Black color.
Popular Comparisons of Pentax 15mm F4 L
Here is the eight most popular comparisons of Pentax 15mm F4 L amongst Camera Decision readers.