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| Pentaxian
Registered: September, 2006
Posts: 236
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
| | Lens Review Date: January 23, 2008 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $150.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Excellent build quality, sharp, | | Cons: | The lens is only f/4, which makes the viewfinder dimmer for focussing | |
I've had this lens for just less than 1 year. I purchased it with a full set of Pentax extension tubes. It's a beautifully crafted lens.
I find this lens to exhibit great bokeh in most situations. Very sharp. Smooth focussing.
Highly recommended.
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| Pentaxian
Registered: April, 2008
Posts: 599
Location: Jakarta
| | Lens Review Date: April 16, 2008 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $60.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | very sharp, very accurate metering color with k10d | | Cons: | none so far | |
i had this lens about a month. taking a lot of pic, small insect, small things, well basicly evrything.
its very sharp, acurate with my k10d, and quite fast.
if you find this little gem out there. snatch it. me only pay 60 us dollar
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without front cap 
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sample photo
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| Pentaxian
Registered: September, 2006
Posts: 805
Location: Bamaga, QLD
| | Lens Review Date: January 7, 2009 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $80.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Capable of 1:1 macro | | Cons: | Is F4 - but I knew that | |
My copy is the pre-set early version with the double aperture rings at the front of the lens. Has all the Super Takumar characteristics: super long silky smooth focussing, all metal construction. Buy it if you find one- this one is from ebay and used to belong to a school according to the engraving.....
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| Site Supporter
Registered: November, 2008
Posts: 26
Location: West Yorkshire
| | Lens Review Date: May 5, 2009 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $90.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | very sharp, beautiful to focus | | Cons: | not the fastest | |
I have waited for 4 months or so to see if my opinion has changed, and it hasn't...
Brilliant lens, very well built as in keeping with takumars. Found it very useful as I quite like getting in close and is very usable as a standard lens too. Get one if you see one - they don't make them like this anymore!
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| Pentaxian
Registered: December, 2007
Posts: 660
Location: ROTTERDAM/Quito and anywhere in between
| | Lens Review Date: June 12, 2009 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $40.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | build, price | | Cons: | slow | |
I got spoiled by the super brilliant Micro-Nikkor 55/2.8 before acquiring this one.
Nice good macro lens, miles better than most modern ones though
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| Site Supporter
Registered: June, 2008
Posts: 607
Location: Madison, WI
| | Lens Review Date: May 5, 2010 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $170.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Build, color rendering, sharpness | | Cons: | None save the limitations of a manual focus M42 lens | |
Had a Super Takumar version and sold it as not much different from the (excellent) M 50 macro I had at the time. Still own the Macro-Takumar preset version I picked up later, as 1:1 native magnification is very handy. It is a great lens; the only downside is the increasing dimness in the viewfinder with stopping down (on a K mount camera anyway) and the lack of auto-focus, if that is your thing. Note that the price I paid is inflated, as it includes the $100 I spent to get it repaired when it came almost in pieces from eBay.
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| Site Supporter
Registered: June, 2008
Posts: 9677
Location: Florida Hill Country
| | Lens Review Date: May 24, 2010 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): N/A
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | 1:1, build quality and lens size | | Cons: | | |
This is for the preset macro-Takumar. Some people are taken aback by the preset diaphragm. However, once I got the hang of using this type of diaphragm, its actually better on dSLR. The second ring allows the diaphragm to be opened up for focusing and easily stopped down for the image capture.
Note: I think there is enough differences that the macro-Takumar should be separate from the later designs.
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| New Member
Registered: May, 2010
Posts: 6
Location: Oslo
| | Lens Review Date: June 17, 2010 | I can recommend the S-M-C/Super Macro-Takumar 50mm F4: Yes |
Price (U.S. Dollars): $150.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Build, bokeh, sharp. | | Cons: | Barrel extends when you focus | |
Very nice macro lens, I got this in mint condition and adapted it to several of my EOS cameras and did a bunch of test shots from 550d, 5d2 and 1d2n.
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