you buy the non-SMC version you better
save some money
as it is still very good but should sell for quite a bit less than the
SMC version.
JCO
-Original Message-
From: Jim Colwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 12:15 PM
To: pdml
Subject: RE: feedback wanted--SMC
JCO,
If you have a M42 camera then it may make sense to consider that the Takumar
is an advantage. Do you have any information that suggests the K and
Takumar versions have different optics and/or apertures ? My comments are
based on the following quotation from Alex Nemerovsky's site:
"K500/4.
screwmount and K-mount bodies, whereas the
"K" version is limited to "K" bodies only.
JCO
-Original Message-
From: Jim Colwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:26 AM
To: pdml
Subject: feedback wanted--SMC Takumar 500/4.5
I have the SMC 500/4.5
I have the SMC 500/4.5 "K mount" version of the SMC Takumar 500/4.5, and I'm
very happy with it. AFIK, it is exactly the same as the Tak version, and
since it has a manual aperture (not controlled by the body), it makes little
difference which you get. I use my SMC 500/4.5 "straight up", and with
: RE: feedback wanted--SMC Takumar 500/4.5
Actually, I read somewhere that Canon has an AF lens in the 1200 range
that costs 50-70 thousand dollars. I found it on there site, but there
was no price given.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/6/2004 3:09:43 PM >>>
I wouldn't pay $1
per wide angle!
:)
JCO
-Original Message-
From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: feedback wanted--SMC Takumar 500/4.5
Hi,
Jim Apilado wrote:
> I got one of these lenses a few years ago for $100 a millimeter!
Y
You beat me to it!
lol
mike wilson wrote:
Hi,
Jim Apilado wrote:
I got one of these lenses a few years ago for $100 a millimeter!
You paid $50,000 for a lens? Will you be my friend?
mike
I wouldn't pay $100 a millimeter for ANY lens even a super wide angle!
:)
JCO
-Original Message-
From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: feedback wanted--SMC Takumar 500/4.5
Hi,
Jim Apilado wrote:
&g
Hi,
Jim Apilado wrote:
I got one of these lenses a few years ago for $100 a millimeter!
You paid $50,000 for a lens? Will you be my friend?
mike
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