Originally Posted by memira 
Very nice pictures indeed...
But are arn't you afraid risking spreading the Fungus by using this infected lenses...
I don't think it works that way - I don't think the fungus is 'communicable'. If you keep your
lenses in a well-ventilated, dry place, they don't get fungus - as far as I've heard, it's not
catching.
Anyway, I bought that lens with several others on ebay, and the others were great, and I
just didn't feel like going through the hassle of returning that one. Since it's un-sellable
as-is, I'll just keep it as a 'specialty lens'.
It has some slight radioactive yellowing, which you can see in some of the images. It's
correctable with one-click in picasa or a WB adjustment in Elements, but I kinda like the warm
tone.
I do think that the older S-M-C Takumar 50 1.4 with the metal ring is the best Tak 50, which
makes this worth keeping also.