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Manual Focus
Takumar (Bayonet) 1:2.5 135mm, I really like the way this handles, and in conjunction with green button and judicious over or under adjustments via aperture ring, I love the results. What do people think of these examples. A small amount of level adjustment and cropping that is all made to th...
Posted by SPB on 08/05/2009 - 19:14
Manual Focus
I never thought the 135 f/2.5 Takumar was that good. Puts a lot of later lenses to shame. Nice Boat. shim
Posted by shim on 08/05/2009 - 19:22
Manual Focus
Thanks Shim, I hesitated after reading uncomplimentary comments, glad I ignored and went with my head.
Posted by SPB on 08/05/2009 - 19:23
Manual Focus
Nice soft feel to the images, Pleasing to the eye in a sort of filmic way. Where in Switzerland are you?
Posted by Hardgravity on 08/05/2009 - 21:43
Manual Focus
Those were taken in the town of Zug, Central Switzerland.
Posted by SPB on 08/05/2009 - 21:50
Manual Focus
Looks good to me. What apertures were those shots at? It will be most interesting to see what it's like at f2.5. Wide open is when you tend to notice most difference between a good lens and a not-so-good lens. The large maximum aperture of these telephoto primes provides the main advantage (in m...
Posted by iceblinker on 08/05/2009 - 23:08
Manual Focus
You will be better off using the SMC version, but as we can see the Takumar(Bayonet) version is not al all bad.
Posted by johnriley on 08/05/2009 - 23:17
Manual Focus
These were with my SMC at f2.5:
Posted by iceblinker on 08/05/2009 - 23:46
Manual Focus
Looks good to me. What apertures were those shots at? It will be most interesting to see what it's like at f2.5. Wide open is when you tend to notice most difference between a good lens and a not-so-good lens. The large maximum aperture of these telephoto primes provides the main advantage (in m...
Posted by SPB on 09/05/2009 - 06:19
Manual Focus
Both taken at F2.5 i.e. wide open.
Posted by SPB on 09/05/2009 - 07:37
Manual Focus
Nice shots Pete.... what a place to get a puncture :lol: shim
Posted by shim on 09/05/2009 - 08:01
Manual Focus
Looks sharp enough at f2.5, although there's a touch of purple fringing on the second shot. You've got a nice usable lens there. 8)
Posted by Hardgravity on 09/05/2009 - 08:03
Manual Focus
Both taken at F2.5 i.e. wide open. The first one's not too bad, but the second looks poor, but that's what you would expect from a budget lens. Still worth having because of the brighter viewfinder image and better and quicker MF plus decent results stopped down. I remember seeing a load of th...
Posted by shim on 09/05/2009 - 08:11
Manual Focus
These pictures aren't too bad, though they could do with a bit of tweaking. Contrast isn't as high as it might be, and I think that is the main problem with this lens. The lack of coating is responsible. Not really a landscape lens, but fine for closer subjects in good light (but not into the l...
Posted by George Lazarette on 09/05/2009 - 09:30
Manual Focus
SPB's second f2.5 shot is sharp where the cobwebs are. Don't forget my images above are smaller - the downsizing effectively sharpens them more. Processed RAW as well. I suspect with careful focusing and processing, you could get nearly as good images from the Takumar wide open, and just as good ...
Posted by iceblinker on 09/05/2009 - 12:07
Pentax 100mm macro
Hi All, Been looking for a macro lens for a while and I have just come across this on ebay(see link) Can any members give advice on this lens pls, as I don't have much knowledge of the older stuff. I know its manual focus which is fine, but will the metering system work Ok with this lens on my camer...
Posted by Cliff-P on 09/05/2009 - 15:02
Pentax 100mm macro
Here is the although I would be very careful with that seller, he has changed his name a few times due to bad feedback. I have bought a couple of things from him, first was a Tamron Adaptall 2 19AH 70-210mm f3.5 which was advertised as mint (and was), another was a Tamron Adaptall 2 35-80mm f3.5 w...
Posted by Mike-P on 09/05/2009 - 15:11
Pentax 100mm macro
Mike, thanks for that always handy to know. Bob, thanks for your info, very helpful and informative stuff. By the sound of it this is not the lens I need, manual focus is fine but I do need auto exposure for the insects and stuff(those butterflies just wont keep still):wink: Many thanks fel...
Posted by Cliff-P on 09/05/2009 - 16:13
Pentax 100mm macro
manual focus is fine but I do need auto exposure for the insects and stuff(those butterflies just wont keep still):wink: My was taken with the 50mm version.
Posted by Mike-P on 09/05/2009 - 16:47
DA* 16-55 SDM
Might be worth sending it back. Other people have got better lenses on their second attempt.
Posted by Oggy on 10/05/2009 - 14:07
