Originally posted by zzeitg Thanks, Paolo!
There are several M42 lenses I really like. Pentacon 135mm and 200mm (both are 15 blades aperture version), Tair 135mm (20 blades), Helios 85mm, Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primoplan 58mm (14 blades), Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan 50mm (12 blades), Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm, etc..
There are also some other lenses which I never bought because their price today is more than tall. Like the famous Trioplan 2.8/100. Or the rare Komura lenses.
Anyway, shooting with M42 lenses is always fun.
My compliments for both your pictures and your taste re: vintage lenses.
I have a Trioplan 100mm converted to PK (the slightly cheaper N version) and a few Komura's. Not so many people know about them, cause Komura went bankrupt long ago. I owned one of their best lenses: the 152mm f/2.8 with 4x5" coverage, one of the very few large format lenses ever made, with good coverage and such large aperture. It was the Japanese Xenotar. The only other competitor, the Carl Zeiss Planar, was one step below.
Their medium format lenses were also very good, and the late models for 35mm (marked Komura Ltd) are still desirable for their optical performance and their great build. A pity few are available in PK mount and none in PKA.
I only have two of the late models, one was NOS and the other one needs to be restored. Beautiful lenses.
I like your M42 choices!
I love Helioses, 58mm and 85mm.
If you come across other Meyer lenses with the name starting with "Prim*" I'm sure you'll like the bokeh
Ciao
Paolo