Keith,
He also called it SMC, so I'm assuming that he knew Asahi was Pentax. In my mind I substituted as I assumed he did. So my conclusion was
that he asking about the the M42 lens. I have both and they are both equally good. I could be wrong but the assumptions seemed reasonable.
Keith Whaley wrote:
Hi Peter,
I gather the buyer knew it was an M42 mount, since he called it a Takumar.
The only thing up to question is, is it an Auto- or S.M-C Tak?
No, I'm wrong, he called it a Pentax Takumar, of which there were none... So, we have two things to determine, is it an Asahi or a Pentax.
Then, of course, he has a choice depending on what camera body he wants so use it on.
I had the same dilemma a couple or three years ago.
I had a chance to buy a model II of the f/2.5 135mm /sc takumar.
While I had a few M42 bodies, I wanted to use it on my M-series bodies (MG, MV, MX.)
So, I left the adapter ring on it, and really enjoyed it!
Later I found a K-mount 135, a Vivitar Series 1 f/2.3, a lovely piece of glass...
keith whaley
Peter J. Alling wrote:
The SMC Takumar is one of the lenses that became a K mount with virtually no changes except the mount of course.
Comments about the Pentax should apply to the Tak as well. 150 seems to be a reasonable price, but remember it
is a M42 lens so you'll need an adapter...
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote:
I've got the chance to get a Pentax Takumar 85/1.8 for 150,- Euro. Is
that a good price and should I go for it? Stan's website shows very good
comments on this lens.
I don't think Stan's site has anything like that. If it's the K85/1.8 it is meant to be a good lens. I don't think there is a Takumar bayonet 85mm lens.
Kostas
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