Re: for the curious ... FA135/2.8 vs Takumar 135/2.5 comparison

[David Nelson]

Good work for doing the test - I love seeing this sort of thing... one 
thing I'll point out though is that it appears that focus wasn't equal 
in the two tests. Take a look at the balcony rails second from the back 
and you'll see the tak is sharper. The left-foreground bare plane tree 
branches are clearly sharper in the FA, but compare the light-blue 
windows directly behind them... the tak appears to be focused closer to 
infinity than the FA.

Cheers,
David
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Thought it might be fun to pit the brand-new $300+ lens against the 
single coated Takumar version which cost me $27...

  http://homepage.mac.com/godders/135cmp/
enjoy,
Godfrey