
There’s a saying that age is just a number – and with some photographers still using old film cameras in the digital era, that can certainly be true for photography gear. But what about lenses? The Pentax FA 15-30mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR was introduced in 2016, making the lens about eight years old now, but it remains one of the few full-frame K-mount options with a wide zoom that doesn’t step into fisheye territory.
Pentax is one of the few brands still actively making DSLRs, so in my experience with the K-1 Mark II, I wanted to see what the brand’s ultra-wide, ultra-bright zoom could do.