I find this lens better than the SMC-FA 28-70mm F4 which I also have and will be selling (FL in crop just isn't that great)
Images of the lens:



Some dust specks on the glass, nothing significant and surely nothing that affects image quality. But they are there...








The lens hood has a little crack which I'll photo later, it is in the mounting side of the hood. It has had no effect on the sturdiness of the mounting of the hood though.

Here are some pics with this lens:







Price is £50 delivered to UK. I will see if I have any loose filters for this and maybe a pouch...

But were there not store brands at those times? 60's onwards?
There are many many brands from Japan in M42 mount and most are clearly on a lower league (dunno about original price though).

But certainly with regards to OEM, there were good and not so good, but not so much a consumer versus a professional lens.

Am I correct?

Well, if it is good on him.
*clumsily hides jealousy*

I think my writing was not clear, when I said "cheaper of the bunch", I meant cheaper of the second bunch.
The Asahi S-M-C Tak F5.6 is considerably cheaper (AFAIK so is the Tele-Tak) than the Asahi Pentax SMC F5.6, SMC-A F5.6, SMC-A* F2.8 or SMC-FA* F5.6.
Same goes for the Tamron Adaptall-2 400mm F4 (which I never found for sale).

There was one from Germany a few days ago, pricey though...

If the Revuenon if F4.5 it should be the same as my Helios (in the classifieds).
If you can get it for the same or less its a good price. It is prone to fringing but not too bad sharpness wise.
A Tair 300mm would be a bit better but pricier and the Meyer Gorlitz also shows PF apparently.
A Takumar or even better a Carl Zeiss Jenna (both F4) would provide fast-ish 300mm and almost PF free.

At 400mm, the cheaper options are Tokina and Sigma MF lenses, both F5.6.
But as said, the 55-300mm will likely give you better quality.

Other options are Takumar (cheaper of the bunch?) and Pentax and Tamron but they'll be more expensive.

Sounds about right.

I got the email and was like WTF???
Is it suppose to be for Pentaxians who also use Canon and Nikon? So what about Olympus? Or Leica? or Sigma?
Who would want a forum just for Canon and Nikon, and named Canikon? Maybe if it was purely a place to bicker at each other, but it seems to be legit...

Honestly, I checked if it was April the 1st.

Got you, hook line and sinker spider