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peterqd
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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1.4/50 |
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peterqd wrote:
This lens arrived today and I just had to pop out in the rain and cluody sky to try it. Absolutely beautiful condition, mint and unused as far as I can tell. It doesn't have the Thorium element like my older Super-Tak and it will work with the open-aperture metering on the Spotmatic F. On the 400D the aperture-position lever jams in the opening of the AF-confirm adapter and stops the ring turning, so these are on a plain adapter. Straight from the camera, resized and converted to jpg only, using Canon's DPP Viewer. All at f5.6
My Cherry tree in blossom again
Honesty, growing near the gate
Foliage of flowers yet to bloom
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Richard_D wrote:
Looks like it gives nice detail with a good bokeh.
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padiej
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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padiej wrote:
Hallo Peter!
This lens was my first fix lens. So I find the way to quality. The aperture 1,4 is very good for portraits by low light, becouse the unsharpcircles makes a soft fog, but not to soft.
5,6 means perfect sharpness, one of the best lenses from pentax.
By f 2,0 you get this:
f 1,4 is not easy to handle, i am learning.
regards Peter
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padiej
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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padiej wrote:
I forgot to explain:
My 50/1,4 is a AF, a new lens, but for 35mm film. The SMC Takumar must be the same quality.
I wish you a lot of fun with this lens an good pictures
regards Peter
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poilu
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
congrats Peter! All the samples I have seen from this gem in the forum are first class
I like #1 with the cherry tree in blossom
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peterqd
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Thanks Richard. The pics aren't brilliant, they weren't really meant to be, and resizing seems to have some of the resolution. I wanted to show how pleased I was with this lens - so many others seem more difficult to focus and fool the camera into wrong exposures. This is a lens I feel confident with.
Peter, this is M42 mount S-M-C (not SMC), in production 1971-1972. I hardly ever use a lens wide open, but if it's sharp-ish by f2 then it will be very useful in our normal dim light. I love the colours in your pic, I dearly wish I had a granddaughter to photograph! 
Thanks poilu, kind as ever! 
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Orio
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Congrats Peter, the lens is surely one of the top 50mm performers.
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peterqd
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:57 am Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
| Congrats Peter, the lens is surely one of the top 50mm performers. |
Thanks Orio. I'm planning to use this with the Spotmatic mostly. My older version has a problem with the auto pin - for some reason it doesn't close the aperture fully in auto mode. I had a look at it but I can't see the reason. In manual mode it's fine, so I am going to use it only in stop-down mode on the Canon.
The pic of the Honesty was for you to compare with the plant you wanted to know about recently. I think I got this one right, did you check the others?
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:59 am Post subject: |
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The pic of the Honesty was for you to compare with the plant you wanted to know about recently. I think I got this one right, did you check the others? |
Thanks! No, I didn't yet, I was overwhelmed by work 
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Congratulations, Peter! A great piece of glass. I really like the grass shot!
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| The pic of the Honesty was for you to compare with the plant you wanted to know about recently. |
This is Lunaria Annua or monnaie-du-pape (Pope's money) in French.
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Congrats! You made better samples than anybody else before what I seen from this lens!
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peterqd
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
| Abbazz wrote: |
| peterqd wrote: |
| The pic of the Honesty was for you to compare with the plant you wanted to know about recently. |
This is Lunaria Annua or monnaie-du-pape (Pope's money) in French.
Cheers!
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Yes, we got that one. See if you can identify any others:
http://forum.mflenses.com/other-grasses-flowers-to-identify-t6772.html
I like the name Pope's Money - pretty descriptive of the seeds, and just about as valuable!
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jamesdak wrote:
A very good lens that works real well on my cropped DSLR. On my FF DSLR the extreme edges go softer as you focus out. Color and 3D rendering is real nice:
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F16SUNSHINE wrote:
There are some really great photos in this thread. James I really like the shot of the birch(?) trees. |
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Attila wrote:
@jamesdak #2 #3 are amazing!!!
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jamesdak
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jamesdak wrote:
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| There are some really great photos in this thread. James I really like the shot of the birch(?) trees. |
Thanks, they are aspens and I love the way there trunks photograph.
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F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Ok, Aspens thanks. You live in such a beautiful place please post more of your work |
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Farside wrote:
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| @jamesdak #2 #3 are amazing!!! |
Incredible 3D effect.
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