Pentax 07 Mount Shield Lens For Q Review

Pentax 07 Mount Shield Lens Sample Photos

Close Up - Gravestone Sharpness Falls Off Rapidly Even At Close Distances | 1/100 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res	Crane - Light Spreads Around Highlights | 1/50 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res
Architecture - All Distant Details Are Blurred | 1/320 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res	Autumn Tree Colours - Only The Centre Of The Frame Approaches Any Semblance Of Sharpness | 1/160 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res
Berries - Close Ups Can Be Acceptably Sharp | 1/50 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res	Portrait Of Crow - No Focusing Means Capturing The Moment Is Easy | 1/20 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 400 High-Res
Canal Landscape - Monet Style Landscapes Will Be The Norm | 1/50 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res	Close Ups Of Flowers Can Have A Pleasing Quality | 1/60 sec | f/9.0 | 11.5 mm | ISO 200 High-Res

This lens is not the stuff of MTF tests and scientific evaluation; it is the stuff of spontaneity and fun. The Q series cameras are interesting in themselves in that they seem to encourage a spirit of experimentation. K mount lenses, C mount lenses; all sorts of adapters for obscure optical units can be attached. The Mount Shield Lens is yet another possibility, a myopic fixed focus lens that has much in common with a box camera and is never really sharp anywhere.

However, there are possibilities, and in the area of creativity that is very much in the hands of the photographer. Rather than spend hundreds of pounds on a plastic camera with a poor lens, here we have the package available at very low cost for Pentax Q users.

The lens is passably sharp at the centre with close subjects and, combined with the flash popped up, is an ideal party lens. No focusing, no fuss and no bulk. This is fine for Facebook and the like. For anything that needs to be sharp and crisp, then we need a different lens.

Anything more than 2m away is blurred, but that in itself can be exactly what is wanted. It is not really my style of photography, but I know other photographers who would be delighted with the effects obtainable. If you have a Q series camera, then the cost involved to explore this is very low indeed.

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