Why don't you expect it to be sharp wide open? The C/Y mount version was
known for it's sharpness, even wide open.
-Adam
P. J. Alling wrote:
Lets assume that we're discussing the SMC Takumar 50 f1.4. It's very
available, very reliable, easly repairable, and not particularly
expensive,. I would guess that for the cost of one of the new Zeiss
f1.4 50mm M42 lenses you could probably buy 5 or 6 of them. The only
reason anyone would want the Zeiss, given the alternative, would be if
it were exceptionaly sharp wide open, something I don't expect to be
true.
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Juan Buhler wrote:
Exactly. Who cares how long ago it was made, if it is cheaper and most
probably better?
How available is it, though? Who can service it and with what parts?
Kostas
