There are two screwmount 85/1.8 lenses. The early one was an Auto Takumar (I think that's the designation) lens that required manual stopdown and was not very well considered. The second came late in the screwmount era. It's called the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 85/1.8, and it's a great lens. It is said to be optically identical to the very desirable K mount 85/1.8. The lens can usually be found used for about $300. Ebay is your best bet. I think I saw one there just the other day. I'm not familiar with the 35/2.3. Paul
> I was hoping that somebody may be able to educate me. I am hoping to grow my > collection of M42 mount lenses and am particularly interested in the two > lenses noted above. The 35/2.3 seems to be extremely rare so finding > information is virtually impossible. I was also hoping to ask for more > information about the Takumar 85/1.8's. > > My questions revolve around build quality, image quality, where I might be > able to buy these lenses and last but not least, how much I should expect to > pay. My guess is that I'm going to find the answer to the last question > quite scary! > > I'm using these lenses on a Canon 20D with an adapter. > > Thank you in anticipation. > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.5 - Release Date: 12/3/2004 >
