Old Takumar 200/3.5 preset - Frankensteins monster !

[luisalegria]

I brought this lens back from the dead -



Just some surgery, a few bolts in the neck, some electricity (in the Dremel) and "Its Aliiive !".

This was purchased cheap as "parts or repair". Someone had dropped the lens on the screw mount, bending various parts, And then someone tried to repair it, with a hammer apparently. I straightened the mount ring (with a hammer), bolted it on with some tapped holes, and voila, not really as good as new, but functioning. All its parts are loose and the whole thing rattles, but the glass is good, with just a bit of fungus.

This is the second generation of Takumar 200mm lenses, but still plain "Takumar", not "Super", and still preset, not automatic. Compared to the elegant, later 200/4, its a cumbersome monster. I see Attila rates it quite low.

In use its quite nice actually. Its rather soft wide open, but I like the rendering, and it sharpens up very well when stopped down a bit.


































The bird -




crop -


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[voytek]

Very sharp!
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[Attila]

Very nice ! Especially last samples!
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Pancolar 1.4/55mm,1.8/50mm,1.8/80mm,Tessar 2.8/50mm,Biotar 2/58mm,1.5/75mm,1.5/7,5cm
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Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
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