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Picked up an Auto Tak locally AND my Jupiter 9 arrived!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:16 pm    Post subject: Picked up an Auto Tak locally AND my Jupiter 9 arrived! Reply with quote
I went to the local flea market with friends yesterday. Right before we headed out, I spotted a Pentax S3 in the back corner of a glass case. The owner had to dig through a pile of junk to get it out for me. I was after the Auto-Tak 55 1.8, which looked to be in perfect working order, but the damn thing wouldn't come off (I'd just missed an auction for a Super Tak and thought that it might satiate me for the time being). The release refused to work, and the pin was hanging up inside the camera. I tried for maybe five minutes in vain. Not one to accept defeat, I refused to walk away. I explained my issue to the owner, so he let me have the whole setup for $10. Instead of taking out my frustration on the S3 with a dremel when I got home, I unscrewed the face, depressed the pin, and separated the two.

The inside is one big, hollow, black cave. WHAT? Well, whatever. I got what I was after. So I have a Tak, finally. Not a Super, but the forerunner with the auto switch.

AND the post brought me my new bumpy Jupiter 9 a few hours later. Keep your fingers crossed that both work well. Smile

So...what do I do with this thing that was once an S3?


PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it heavy enough for a doorstop?


patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Those Auto-Tak 55/1.8's are very nice, I really enjoy using mine. It has a bit of a different flavor from the super/smc's. Congratulations!


PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like those 2 lenses very much, especially the super tak 1.8/55 which is very smooth and real joy to use. Smile


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I took a few quick shots to see how they did. Both are wide open and followed by 100% crop.

Tak:


Jupiter:


That'll do, pig.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks okay to me.

I have the later S-M-C tak but it has to compete with too many other lenses in my collection of this focal length. I'm now inspired to start using it again.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting comparison.
Notice the differences in OOF, colors, and bokeh.
The Takumar is at f:1.8, but 55mm
The Jupiter is at f:2, but 85mm.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The bokeh gives them away easily.
The Tak's bokeh is so "Tak", and the J9's bokeh is so "J9" Smile


PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
congrats, the J9 look a good copy at wide open!
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