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Info on super takumar 85mm f1.9 please?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't have much online from my 85/1.9.


PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
I've owned numerous portrait length lenses including the Pancolar and the 85mm f/1.9 Super-Tak and 85mm f/1.9 Super-Multi-Coated Tak. Of all of these I consider the 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar the best. Mechanically it's worst though, but the lens is surprisingly easy to service.

In the end I preferred the look of my even older 83mm f/1.9 Takumar over anything else, so I sold off everything including the Pancolar because I'm more of a user and not a collector.


I think Peter's summation is pretty good. Smile He is right about the mechanical shortcomings of the Pancolar, sadly. Jena lenses of the late period suffered from less than ideal mechanical aspects, sadly.

I think the point about which one suited him most is very valid, it is better to chose based on one's personal tastes than abstract concepts of better or worse, all the lenses we are discussing here are good ones that will do the job well, so personal taste becomes a major deciding factor. Smile


PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought mine.for.U$.257.(+postage).from.a.Greek.seller.on.eBay.exactly.3.years.ago.Beautiful.condition.with.caps.and.case,however.I.had.to.buy.the.hood.separately.Not.a.bargain.but.I.don't.regret.it..It.seemed.to.be.the.going.price.anyway.
(Sorry.about.the.dots...The.spacebar.stopped.workin.on.my.laptop...Very.annoying... Evil or Very Mad

I.think.you.might.just.have.to.bite.the.bullet.and.try.it.out.for.yourself...Everyone.has.their.personal.likes.and.dislikes..Besides,.for.a.portrait.lens.,sharpness.is.not.the..1st.thing.I.would.look.at.in.a.lens..IMHO


PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thx fellows, I did it.
We agreed on 225 euros. Mint condition, original storage box, caps and sunhood.
I can pick it up next monday. I'm curious. Cool


PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
congrats!
Spotmatic's judgement weighs. The Pancolar you already have, I hope and wish that the S.Tak will give you some photos you like, it has done it for me Wink


PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
asterinex wrote:
Thx fellows, I did it.
We agreed on 225 euros. Mint condition, original storage box, caps and sunhood.
I can pick it up next monday. I'm curious. Cool


I think you did a good deal. This lens will keep its value if you look after it.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
OK, first a caveat - chasing grandchildren can be a difficult proposition with a MF lens - so what better way to slow them down than a game of pretend hospital.
Of course the outside shots happened later in the day.
Here we go:






PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Example picture from my Super-Takumar 85mm/F1.9 (second version produced 1964-1971, 5l/4g):

WO at F1.9:



IMHO not bad at all.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
very nice! I have the 1.8/85mm version which is supposed to be even better, any idea??


PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kds315* wrote:
very nice! I have the 1.8/85mm version which is supposed to be even better, any idea??


Which one, the older Auto-Takumar first model (1960-1963) or the newer second model SMC Takumar (1972-1976)?
Mine is the version in between.

If you have the older one then it's pretty much the same as it has the same optical construction; 5L/4G. If it's the newest or second one, then it's supposed to be the slightly better one with a different optical construction (6L/6G).

I would be curios to see a comparison between the two different optical constructions.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The later 6e/6g SMC version I have. Need to dig it out and let it see some use...
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