Pentax 150-450mm f4.5-5.6 ED DC AW D-FA HD Lens

Pentax 150-450mm f4.5-5.6 ED DC AW D-FA HD Lens

With its 3-times zoom ratio, capturing a variety of distant objects is made easy. Along with impressive mid to super-telephoto capabilities, the HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm lens offers outstanding operability at an affordable price. Your photography will not be jeopardised due to unforeseen weather with high build quality, and weather-resistant construction. With a total of 21 seals throughout its body, changes in the weather will not be an issue during your outdoor photography. Focusing on your subject has never been easier with the all-new Preset Button, developed to record a focus point and save it.

Take your landscape, wildlife and sports photography to the next level with the HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm lens.

The state-of-the-art optics featuring three ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements and one super-low dispersion glass element, effectively minimize spherical and chromatic aberrations, while producing crisp, high-quality images free of colour bleeding. Its MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) curve is programmed to be higher than those of conventional models in the same class to deliver high-resolution, fine-detailed images.

This lens features dependable, dustproof weather-resistant construction with 21 special seals to effectively prevent intrusion of water and dust particles into the lens interior. When used with a weather-resistant digital SLR camera body, it assures a durable, reliable digital imaging system that performs superbly in demanding shooting settings.

Super-telephoto coverage with three-times zoom ratio

When mounted on a PENTAX K-mount SLR camera body, this zoom lens covers a super-telephoto range from approximately 230mm to 690mm in the 35mm format. It is designed to be compact and light enough to handhold during long-range shooting of such subjects as wildlife, aircraft and sports.

Improved Quick-Shift Focus System

The PENTAX-original Quick-Shift Focus System allows instant switching from autofocus to manual focus operation. Operability has been improved thanks to a three-position switch installed on this lens, allowing instant switching among QFS/A, QFS/M and MF modes. With a choice of three distinctive modes, the user is assured of speedier, more accurate focusing operation for a given subject or application.