Takumar : 15, 55, 1000mm

[CarbonR]

SMC Takumar 15/3.5 :
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Takumar 55/2.2 :
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Tele-Takumar 1000/8 :
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[Attila]

1000mm ? how can you handle it Nice to see different focal lengths in action.

[CarbonR]

With my hands I've taken some shots, I'm planning to do a quick tutorial about handhelding long lenses

[my_photography]

Wow, handheld a 1000mm lens. You must have a steady and strong hand.

[visualopsins]

Hands?

[cooltouch]

[paperinik]

Is the 15 mm fired on a crop camera?
I don't feel the perspective "suction" that this focal lenght usually delivers.

[CarbonR]

Yes, I have the stabilization, and I'm used to use long lenses. I planned to post a tutorial, I just have to write it.
For the CAs, I don't know, because I don't really search for them. If my test shots satisfy me, CAs are not a problem, if the shots don't satisfy me, this is often a sharpness or bokeh problem (if the problem comes from the lens)
All these shots are on my K100D, I don't use color films

[dave_t]

Nice work with the 1000, never found one available, would definitely love to add it to my collection. Looking forward to your tutorial as well, although I find the biggest problem to be focus, rather than the actual holding of the lens.

[cooltouch]

Dave, what camera do you use with your long lenses?

With film cameras and long lenses, I prefer plain ground glass screens because the microprism/split-image focusing aids are pretty much useless with lenses slower than f/4 or so.

And of course, AF SLRs and DSLR almost always have plain matte screens. It takes some practice focusing accurately with a plain matte screen, but after a while you should get the hang of it. Focusing aids, like viewfinder eyepieces that magnify the image also help. And of course with some DSLRs there's Live View.

[dave_t]