Vivitar 135mm f2.8 - Komine Made
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David
The Takumars were excellent lenses, and would be my first choice. They are still very easy to get hold of.
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K5, K20D, Bigma, Sigma EX 105, Sigma EX 10-20, Sigma EX 28-70 F2.8, Sigma Ex 1.4TC,
Pentax 135 F3.5, Pentax 30mm F2.8 , Pentax 50mm F1.7, Pentax 55mm F1.8,
Super Taks: 35mm F3.5, 50mm F1.4, 135mm F3.5, 200mm F4
Vivitar TX 200mm F3.5,Vivitar (Komine)135mm f2.8, Vivitar 2X TC, Vivitar T4 400mm F6.3
Tamron SP 35-80,80-210 F3.8, Helios 44M, Mir 1B 37mm F2.8, Jupiter 9 85mm F2, Chinon 28mm F2.8, 3M-5A 500mm F8 etc etc
Even better would be the SMC Pentax 135mm f2.5, but they're rarer still and more expensive as a result.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Even better would be the SMC Pentax 135mm f2.5, but they're rarer still and more expensive as a result.
But lovely... Actually, if you're planning on using it on digital I'd go for the SMC Takumar 135mm f/2.5 lens (the proper M42 version rather than the cheapo uncoated K mount version) simply because the auto/manual switch makes it possible to use the lens in Av mode and is a tad more convenient than the K and M series lenses.
K.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Even better would be the SMC Pentax 135mm f2.5, but they're rarer still and more expensive as a result.
But lovely... Actually, if you're planning on using it on digital I'd go for the SMC Takumar 135mm f/2.5 lens (the proper M42 version rather than the cheapo uncoated K mount version) simply because the auto/manual switch makes it possible to use the lens in Av mode and is a tad more convenient than the K and M series lenses.
K.
I beg to differ, the whole point is you have full manual control and the K135 is a superb lens and I think someone is selling one in the classifieds
I beg to differ, the whole point is you have full manual control and the K135 is a superb lens and I think someone is selling one in the classifieds
A) Yes the K 135/2.5 is a superb lens.
B) The SMC Takumar 135/2.5 is the same lens optically, just a different mount.
C) You can still have full manual control with the Tak.
D) With the K10D/K20D the green button manual metering is way off at anything other than wide open with the K series lens. I believe it is better with the more recent models. This leads to the need to use the "shoot, examine histogram, adjust, shoot and repeat" method of working. This is how I use my collection of K and M series lenses.
E) With the SMC Takumar you can either use manual metering, or more conveniently Av mode. Hold the camera with the lens nestled in your left hand as usual, and your thumb on the Auto/Manual switch. Focus wide open, close the aperture with your thumb, shoot, open the aperture again.
Simples.
K.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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David
Why do I like it? Clear rendering, sharp, nice soft OOF areas, great handling, almost macro performance. Here are two more reasons:
Click through my images for larger on Flickr.
When Pentax moved to the K bayonet mount, the first lenses were re-mounted Takumars. These are what we now call the K series.
Within a year or two, Pentax (with its market share falling) brought out its M series. Whilst some of the lenses continued to be re-mounted Taks, others were redesigned, and lower cost and smaller size seem sometimes to have taken precedence over optical quality as design goals.
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I wonder why a lot of eBay listing has line wording: "not the inferior takumars"
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Any assistance would be appreciated.
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David
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