Greetings All!
I'm new here, and maybe this question has been answered before, although a quick search of similar threads turned up nothing.
I've heard that there is a substantial amount of plastic contained in today's Pentax's DA lenses. Obviously, the outside of the lenses are plastic (except, perhaps for the mounting), but I'm curious as to how much of what (glass vs. plastic) is actually
inside.
I'm from the "old school" of Pentax. My first Pentax camera was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic (with a matching 50 mm 1-1.4 lens) which was a hand-me-down from my Dad back in 1969. When he passed on in 1994, I then inherited his Pentax ES-II and all of his Takumar screw mount lenses (50 mm 1:1.4, 135 mm and 28 mm) that went with it I still have (and occasionally use) that camera and many of those lenses even today when I shoot a roll or two of film.
Over the years, I've added to my Pentax collection with 2 K-mount ME Supers (along with matching 135 mm and 28 mm lenses), which, again, I still have...and use. I've since gone digital with a couple of K-100ds, a K-10 and a K-20 to boot.
Clearly, the older Takumar and SMC Pentax lenses seem to be quite well made...a bit heavy....but solid lenses nonetheless.
I'm now starting to explore matching some of these older Takumar lenses to my newer K-10 and K-20 camera bodies. I'm looking forward to comparing the old and new glass (plastic?) on these newer digital cameras.
Any info anyone could pass along to me about mating these older lenses (beyond needing an adapter for the screw mounts) to newer equipment (as well as your take on the glass vs. plastic question) would be most appreciated!
Cheers!
Last edited by KB1SFVE3; 01-13-2013 at 04:00 PM.