Re: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 16, 2012, at 16:21 , kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I sold it a few years back complete with case, caps hood. I sold it after not having used it since I went digital. Probably sold it too cheap! We all do. It's one of the photographer's curses. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not

RE: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-16 Thread JC O'Connell
bad news : its the worst pentax lens I have ever used with regards to gemetric distortion. very high barrel distortion. the smck 20/4 fixed the problem. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-16 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Subject: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts? I've been researching this lens a bit, and it seems that even though it was made for years and years

Re: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-16 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net Subject: RE: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts? bad news : its the worst pentax lens I have ever used with regards to gemetric distortion. very

RE: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-16 Thread JC O'Connell
...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of kwal...@peoplepc.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:22 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: JC O'Connell hifis

RE: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-16 Thread JC O'Connell
Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of JC O'Connell Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:11 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts? nope, its just a very early very wide very bad design by pentax