I had every SMC Takumar lens from 35mm fish to 300/4 and they were all virtually identical performance, FANTASTIC! And that included the 200mm F4 6x7 SMC Takumar. I didn't find it lacking in any way whatsoever. Never used the SMC M200/4 though. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 7:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raimo K" Subject: Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42? > Usually, yes - but IMO my old 4.5/80-200 SMC Pentax-M was better than my > 4.0/200 SMC Pentax-M. I wonder what the deal was at the time with their 200mm f/4 lenses? I have the M200 f/4 and quite right, it isn't one of their better attempts. The 6x7 Takumar 200mm f/4 isn't an especially good lens either. Did they make a 645 200mm f/4 as well back then? Was it any good? William Robb
