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Nordentro
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 4713 Location: Lillehammer, Norway
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: Pentax Super Takumar 135mm f2.5 |
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Nordentro wrote:
Testing my Pentax Super Takumar 135mm f2.5
It always amazes me how silky smooth the takumars operate after all this years.
All the takumars I have bought is in mechanically top shape!
Have I been lucky or are they all good in general?!?
_________________ Lars | Manuellfokus.no |
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JohnBee
Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Posts: 179
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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JohnBee wrote:
There are good and bad ones(variants).
However, the Taks were built to last and fine tuned for manual focusing.
Excellent colors and resolution with these images btw.
Congrats. |
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Nordentro
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 4713 Location: Lillehammer, Norway
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nordentro wrote:
JohnBee wrote: |
There are good and bad ones(variants).
However, the Taks were built to last and fine tuned for manual focusing.
Excellent colors and resolution with these images btw.
Congrats. |
Thx for commenting
I have lots of lenses, but the takumars focus and aperture rings operate so smooth and feels so tight and well made _________________ Lars | Manuellfokus.no |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7787 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
I can just sit here and play with mine......
(I love the feel of a good lens ) _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
My Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudplugga/
My ipernity -
http://www.ipernity.com/home/294337 |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
All Takumar are good in general, hard to find any in bad working shape (this is pretty true for all well known Japanese brands, Nikkor, Minolta ,Konica etc) _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:41 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
I'd say any Takumar that does not "feel" good probably has something seriously wrong with it.
I have had Takumars in very bad shape cosmetically that still worked super-smooth. They are very durable.
The most common mechanical fault is that after many years some screws may need tightening, so some can be rather loose.
Thankfully, stuck apertures and the like are very rare with Takumars. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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cheekygeek
Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Posts: 183
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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cheekygeek wrote:
I only got a bit of time to play for the first time with my copy of this lens, (EDIT: Correction. Mine is the S-M-C version 2) but I was very impressed. Seems like I REALLY need to do exposure compensation with it for some reason (like 2 stops worth) but the IQ is outstanding. I think it is going to be a favorite.
Will have to do some more and share results. My Super Takumar 135mm f3.5 just became very expendable. _________________ DSLR: Pentax K-3 II, D-BG5 grip, SLR: Pentax SP500, Pentax SP, Pentax SP II, Pentax Spotmatic F, MX, ME-Super, Super Program, pZ-1
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Tele-Takumar: 300mm f6.3; 200mm f5.6; Takumar 200mm f3.5; Takumar 135mm f3.5; Macro-Takumar 50mm f4 (1:1)Super Takumars: 24mm f3.5, 55mm f2.0, 135mm f3.5; S-M-C Takumar 35mm f3.5, 50mm Macro f4.0 (1:2), 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.5 (v2); Pentax SMC K 17mm f4 fisheye; Pentax-A: 50mm f1.4, 35-70mm f4; Pentacon: 50mm f1.8; Spiratone 85mm f1.8 (y/s); Vivitar: 85mm f1.8 preset; Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon Electric 35mm f2,4 |
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muddus
Joined: 27 May 2011 Posts: 233 Location: Suomi
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:40 am Post subject: |
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muddus wrote:
Is the image quality difference between the newer Pentax K-Mount? _________________ Anselm Adams: “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
~ Leonardo DaVinci
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http://www.flickriver.com/photos/66108635%40N05/popular-interesting/ |
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RioRico
Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 1120 Location: California or Guatemala or somewhere
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:36 am Post subject: |
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RioRico wrote:
muddus wrote: |
Is the image quality difference between the newer Pentax K-Mount? |
I now own four Pentax 135's: S-M-C Takumar f/2.5 and f/3.5 (both of those are M42 screwmount), and Takumar Bayonet f/2.5 and SMC-M f/3.5 (both of those are K-mount). All have different optics. I must admit that although the S-M-C f/2.5 has the best IQ, I am more likely to use the Bayonet f/2.5 because it focuses much closer, 1.2m vs 1.5m for the others. In fact the Bayonet is the closest-focusing of all my fifteen 135's.
Why do I have all those 135's? Because they are all different, and they mostly did not cost very much. And more will arrive soon! _________________ Too many film+digi cams+lenses, oh my -- Pentax K20D, K-1000, M42s, more
The simple truth is this: There are no neutral photographs. --F-Stop Fitzgerald |
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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:00 am Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
Nice images, and I recognize that pretty lady. _________________ Regards,
Woodrim |
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snipper
Joined: 27 Jun 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Cebu City, Philippines
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:23 am Post subject: two of mines are sunbathing |
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snipper wrote:
I have six Taks so far. Some looking beaten-up, some pristine -they all work fine.
I think they (Takumar/Asahi) knew that the yellowing will come but they knew it will be decades before that happens. What they didn't expect was that their lenses would last 3,4, even five decades.
Two of mine are in the yard now sunbathing to ease out the yellows in their bottoms. _________________ I'm into this EOS-apsc-ef-efs-ai-ais-ai'd-m42 system of snappin' snippets of people, patterns and produce. |
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3438 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
You might try Ikea Jansjö, a small and cheap desk light with LED. Faster and easier then sunbathing outside. I am not sure if the light is really recommandable to use as a desk light for reading with soo much UV, but for Takumars, Pancolars and Rokkors it works nice.
Found the advise somewhere on the web. |
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