The lens was billed as a price-advantaged, compact alternative to the 300 f/4 Takumar and was sold at the same time as the Super Takumar. It takes a smaller filter if memory serves correctly, and other than that, everything that Mike Steele said is true!
ppro > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Steele > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Tele-Takumar 300 f6.3 > > > > Hi Cesar, > You are correct. The lens is called a "pre-set" lens. > I suppose it is a step back from "automatic aperture" > lenses, in that it is a manual process, but I kind of > enjoy it. It does require a slower, more deliberate > approach to photography....but then if you have an SV > (as I do)...you already know that! Enjoy! Mike > Steele > > --- "Matamoros, Cesar A." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To keep a long story short... I was in a store on > > Sunday that is an > > antique mall. One store front with numerous > > vendors. A few vendors had > > some old cameras. One had a Ricoh with a Pentax-A > > 50/2 on it. > > > > This same vendor had a Tele-Takumar 300mm f 6.3 > > with caps, hood, > > case and tripod mount. I returned to inspect it > > yesterday. I could not > > turn it down. It is not mint. Probabloy paid too > > much. It shows some use > > but is clean. I have already put it on the SV to > > check its operational > > feel. I probably will not be able to try it with > > film until I get down to > > Miami. > > > > I also put it on an adapter and tried it on an LX. > > A totally > > different feel than the A* 300/4. I am assuming > > that the one ring sets the > > working aperture and the other sets it once you are > > done focusing. Is this > > correct? > > > > Just had to tell someone, > > > > Cesar > > > > P.S. Any thoughts on this lens? > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > > To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > > Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > > http://pug.komkon.org . > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > http://personals.yahoo.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
