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blotafton
Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1534 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:32 pm Post subject: SMC Takumar 55mm 1.8 (kryss, only 9 photos) :D |
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blotafton wrote:
Solid construction and performance. As it happens I have some samples to share! And not too many for kryss to be overwhelmed
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16497 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
I had used just the last three, these are
I'm with kryss, when it is about selection. Never bore
the audience I learned once... _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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hoanpham
Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 2575
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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hoanpham wrote:
Beautiful! |
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jamaeolus
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 2913 Location: Eugene
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:08 am Post subject: |
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jamaeolus wrote:
Very nice. _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |
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fwcetus
Joined: 12 Jun 2015 Posts: 303 Location: New England
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: SMC Takumar 55mm 1.8 (kryss, only 9 photos) :D |
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fwcetus wrote:
blotafton wrote: |
Solid construction and performance. As it happens I have some samples to share! |
Good examples of what that lens design can do. [I have the SMC Pentax K-mount version of the lens, so I would have expected no less.] _________________ Fred
If you saw a fellow drowning, and you could either save him or photograph the event . . . What lens would you use ? |
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blotafton
Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1534 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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blotafton wrote:
kds315* wrote: |
I had used just the last three, these are
I'm with kryss, when it is about selection. Never bore
the audience I learned once... |
I'll do my best to slim down the the next post
Cheers!
hoanpham wrote: |
Beautiful! |
jamaeolus wrote: |
Very nice. |
Thanks!
fwcetus wrote: |
blotafton wrote: |
Solid construction and performance. As it happens I have some samples to share! |
Good examples of what that lens design can do. [I have the SMC Pentax K-mount version of the lens, so I would have expected no less.] |
Thanks! That version looks almost the same |
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AlexKV
Joined: 12 Jan 2017 Posts: 14 Location: Serbia
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:32 am Post subject: |
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AlexKV wrote:
Is there a difference between this one and f/2.0 version? On pentaxforums, it says that it is the same lens, but different production time, optically the same thing.
Compared to Helios 44M-4, how does this one work? |
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fwcetus
Joined: 12 Jun 2015 Posts: 303 Location: New England
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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fwcetus wrote:
AlexKV wrote: |
Is there a difference between this one and f/2.0 version? On pentaxforums, it says that it is the same lens, but different production time, optically the same thing. |
"The word on the street" is that the 55/1.8 and 55/2 are the exact same lens, ~except~ that the f/2 version (intended to be the "kit" lens sold with less expensive bodies) had a more aperture-restrictive baffle installed during production, so as to be a less "deluxe" lens than the f/1.8 version (which was intended to be the normal lens sold with the more expensive bodies).
Marketing "genius", eh?
BTW, I believe this was true for both the SMC Takumar m42 and the SMC Pentax K versions. _________________ Fred
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fwcetus
Joined: 12 Jun 2015 Posts: 303 Location: New England
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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fwcetus wrote:
Optical diagram of SMC Takumar 55/1.8 -
Optical diagram of SMC Pentax "K" 55/1.8 -
Construction of SMC Takumar 55/1.8 -
_________________ Fred
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Lightshow
Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 3669 Location: Calgary
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Lightshow wrote:
fwcetus wrote: |
AlexKV wrote: |
Is there a difference between this one and f/2.0 version? On pentaxforums, it says that it is the same lens, but different production time, optically the same thing. |
"The word on the street" is that the 55/1.8 and 55/2 are the exact same lens, ~except~ that the f/2 version (intended to be the "kit" lens sold with less expensive bodies) had a more aperture-restrictive baffle installed during production, so as to be a less "deluxe" lens than the f/1.8 version (which was intended to be the normal lens sold with the more expensive bodies).
Marketing "genius", eh?
BTW, I believe this was true for both the SMC Takumar m42 and the SMC Pentax K versions. |
I don't know about marketing genius, but it is smart planning, take your 2 most common lenses in their lineup and share as many components between them that you can, in this case, only the ID ring and the aperture block are different.
I actually think I prefer the 55/1.8 more than the 50/1.4 _________________ A Manual Focus Junky...
One photographers junk lens is an artists favorite tool.
My lens list
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightshow-photography/ |
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fwcetus
Joined: 12 Jun 2015 Posts: 303 Location: New England
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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fwcetus wrote:
Lightshow wrote: |
I actually think I prefer the 55/1.8 more than the 50/1.4 |
Same here. Over the years (decades), I've owned a number of Pentax K-mount (K, M, A, F, and FA) normal lenses (50/2, 50/1.7, 50/1.4, 50/1.1.8, 55/2, 55/2) (and a few of the m42 versions, too), many of 'em having arrived here mounted on various ol' film SLR's, but the only two I still have around are a K 55/1.8 (for its beautiful rendition) and an A 50/1.7 (the best all-around "non-green-button-metering" Pentax 50, methinks). [Oh, and an A 50/2.8 Macro, my most frequently used macro lens.] _________________ Fred
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papasito
Joined: 09 Jan 2015 Posts: 1658
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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papasito wrote:
The K 55/1,8 has better coated than the previous M42 SMC version.
I don't know, and don't beleave that the K had the same glass than the oldest M42.
The newer glass should be better. At least in the luxury version of the brand (some K lenses were) |
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fwcetus
Joined: 12 Jun 2015 Posts: 303 Location: New England
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:09 am Post subject: |
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fwcetus wrote:
papasito wrote: |
I don't know, and don't beleave that the K had the same glass than the oldest M42.
The newer glass should be better. At least in the luxury version of the brand (some K lenses were) |
Well, I would disagree. Most (but admittedly not all) of the SMC K lenses were "repackaged" (for a K mount) versions of the immediately preceding corresponding SMC Takumar lenses. [There were a few brand new lenses added to the SMC K lineup.] I believe that, in most of the "repackaged" K lenses, the glass changes were minimal.
But this is not to say that the SMC K lenses had much connection to most of the "oldest M42" lenses. In fact, as a generality, there probably are more optical similarities between many of the SMC Takumar lenses and the corresponding SMC K lenses than there are between many of those SMC Takumar lenses and the oldest Takumar and even some of the earlier Super Tak lenses. _________________ Fred
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Lightshow
Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 3669 Location: Calgary
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Lightshow wrote:
I don't recall much difference between S-M-C, SMC, and SMC K 55/1.8 lenses, other than possible coating evolution. _________________ A Manual Focus Junky...
One photographers junk lens is an artists favorite tool.
My lens list
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightshow-photography/ |
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