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12-02-2022, 06:05 AM   #1966
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QuoteOriginally posted by Serkevan Quote
It's kinda curious... I fell in love with the length because somehow 50mm was always either too long or too short - never the exact length I wanted. The 43 for some reason feels more like a "do everything" lens to me; it lives on the camera 80% of the time.
Sort of like the m28mm f3.5 I use on my KP - the 1.52 crop factor makes it a 42.51. It is a lovely lens paired with that camera.

I have 13 lenses in total.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Driline Quote
The FA43 is such a sharp and beautiful lens. I just couldn't wrap my brain around the 43mm focal length so I eventually sold it.
If I shot “FF” and had to use only one FL for some reason, I would probably shoot 43mm, but I shoot “APS-C”, and I choose not to limit myself that way, so my DA20-40mm Ltd is most often on my KP.
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I see that I did a count in 2014 and I had 46 lenses in total, I'm quite surprised I had that many.

I just put a spreadsheet together and I currently have 77 in total (I think). That doesn't include ones I have for sale or the ones on fixed-lens cameras. I've sold quite a lot this year but I must have bought quite a few too as the space I have for them doesn't look any emptier...

Some stats:

36 are made by Pentax - almost half
62 are primes and 15 are zooms
28 are auto-focus and 49 are manual focus
22 have a focal length between 50mm and 58mm
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5 main ones:
18-135, 55-300 and 150-450, sigma 10-20 and the new 100mm macro AW
Plus a boatload of k/m/a and m42. I still use some of these, esp for astro and macro (reversed), but not often, most of these on the shelf

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updated - lenses that are gone are struck through

additions in bold....


QuoteOriginally posted by pepperberry farm Quote
it's been a while since I've made this list - this is by focal length, not mounts...

primes:

DA 14mm f2.8 ED (IF)

Sigma 20mm f1.8 EX DG
SMC A 20mm f2.8
DA 21mm f3.2 AL Limited
TTArtisan 23mm f1.4
Sigma 24mm f1.4 EX DG
Vivitar (Komine) 24mm f2
Tamron Adaptall-2 01BB 24mm f2.5
Vivitar (Cosina) 24mm f2.8 Macro
Olympus H.Zuiko 24mm f2.8
SMC 24mm f2.8
Super Multi Coated Takumar 24mm f3.5
Carl Zeiss Distagon 25mm f2.8 ZK T*
Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f2
Pentacon Prakticar MC 28mm f2.8

Sigma EX DC 30mm f1.4
SMC 30mm f2.8
FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited
Laowa Argus CF 33mm f0.95 APO
Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.2 Aspherical
TT Artisan 35mm f1.4
Fuji XF 35mm f1.4 R
Nikkor-O 35mm f2
Soligor C/D 35mm f2 P
SMC 35mm f2
MC Mir-24N 35mm f2
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f2.4
HD DA 35mm f2.8 Macro Limited
SMC 35mm f3.5
FA 645 35mm f3.5 AL (IF)

Olympus G.Zuiko Auto S 40mm f1.4
Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f2 SL II
DA 40mm f2.8 Limited
TTArtisan 40mm f2.8 Macro
Color Yashinon 45mm f1.7
Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f2
FA 645 45mm f3.5

TT Artisan 50mm f1.2
SMC 50mm f1.2
SMC 50mm f1.4
SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4
Olympus G.Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f1.4
Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7
SMC A 50mm f2.8 Macro
D FA 50mm f2.8 Macro
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8
Macro-Takumar 50mm f4
Porst Color Reflex Auto 55mm f1.2
Cosina 55mm f1.2
Nikkor-SC 55mm f1.2
DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM
Voigtlander Color-Ultron 55mm f1.4 AR
Cosina Cosinon 55mm f1.4
Fujinon 55mm f1.6 DM
Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7
Auto-Takumar 55mm f1.8
Yashica Auto-Yashinon 55mm f1.8
Super Takumar 55mm f1.8
SMC 55mm f2
Carl Zeiss Jena Macro-Prakticar 55mm f2.8
Yashica ML Macro 55mm f2.8
Soligor C/D 55mm f2.8 P
SMC A 645 55mm f2.8
EBC Fujinon 55mm f3.5 Macro
Viltrox 56mm f1.4 STM ED IF
Nikkor-S Auto 58mm f1.4
Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm f1.4
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f1.4 SL II
Auto-Topcor 58mm f1.4
Mamiya-Sekor 58mm f1.7
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Primoplan 58mm f1.9
Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f2
Takumar 58mm f2


Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro
Mamiya Macro Sekor 60mm f2.8
Nikkor 60mm f2.8 D Micro

DA 70mm f2.4 Limited
Sigma 70mm f2.8 EX DG Macro
SMC A 645 75mm f2.8
FA 77mm f1.8 Limited

SMC A* 85mm f1.4
SMC M 85mm f2
Voigtlander Color-Dynarex 85mm f2.8 AR

Leitz Summicron-R 90mm f2
Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 72B 90mm f2.8 Macro

D FA 100mm f2.8 Macro WR
MC Kaleinar-5N 100mm f2.8
Takumar 105mm f2.8
SMC A 645 120mm f4 Macro
Leitz Elmarit-R 135mm f2.8
Irix 150mm f2.8 Macro
SMC A 150mm f3.5
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 63B 180mm f2.5 LD IF

SMC A 200mm f4
SMC A 645 200mm f4

FA* 300mm f4.5 ED IF


zooms:

DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 ED (IF)
DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR
DA 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 ED AL (IF)
SMC A 70-210mm f4
Vivitar 75-205mm f3.8
MW 85-205mm f3.8



this list includes the following mounts:

Pentax K
Pentax 645
M42
Nikon F
Rollei QBM
Contax C/Y
Olympus OM
Leica M
Prakticar B
Fuji XA
Fuji X
Minolta MD
grand total: 91

in the last year, I bought into the Pentax 645 system and sold off the M4/3rds system, plus sold off a large number of Takumars....
12-23-2022, 03:50 PM - 1 Like   #1971
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QuoteOriginally posted by pepperberry farm Quote
I bought into the Pentax 645 system
glad to see ya still have that adaptall 24mm......my favorite tractor on the shelf was with that lens (i believe its been a few years now!)

how ya liking the 645z??? recently got it myself n loving it !!
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QuoteOriginally posted by Aaron28 Quote
glad to see ya still have that adaptall 24mm......my favorite tractor on the shelf was with that lens (i believe its been a few years now!)

how ya liking the 645z??? recently got it myself n loving it !!

I bought the 645D, rather than the Z - and LOVE IT!

aye - still have that Tamron 24mm; love that little lens.... it's got to be the cheapest way to get under 28mm....


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QuoteOriginally posted by pepperberry farm Quote

...

plus sold off a large number of Takumars....
Sold off the Takumars! Oh no!

They are future proof. You can use them on just about the any future system like Nikon Z, Canon R, Canon EF, MFT, Sony Alpha, or even Pentax. Most of them are pretty good to excellent to untouchable.

I don't think I've sold one. If I have not used mine in a year I'll move it to the back of the shelf and remove it from my most recently used list below. I think I have all the fixed focal lengths except 18mm, 120mm, 500mm, and 1000mm. I am still looking for a good 120mm and a second 85mm with the other internal configuration.
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QuoteOriginally posted by lmd91343 Quote
Sold off the Takumars! Oh no!

They are future proof. You can use them on just about the any future system like Nikon Z, Canon R, Canon EF, MFT, Sony Alpha, or even Pentax. Most of them are pretty good to excellent to untouchable.

I don't think I've sold one. If I have not used mine in a year I'll move it to the back of the shelf and remove it from my most recently used list below. I think I have all the fixed focal lengths except 18mm, 120mm, 500mm, and 1000mm. I am still looking for a good 120mm and a second 85mm with the other internal configuration.
I did keep the ones I like, like the Takumar 58/2, but the rest I've found better lenses to supplant them....

I don't consider myself a collector but a photographer, so I try to only keep the lenses that resonate with me, that help me create Art... that spark joy, if you will....
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QuoteOriginally posted by lmd91343 Quote
Sold off the Takumars! Oh no!

They are future proof. You can use them on just about the any future system like Nikon Z, Canon R, Canon EF, MFT, Sony Alpha, or even Pentax. Most of them are pretty good to excellent to untouchable.

I don't think I've sold one. If I have not used mine in a year I'll move it to the back of the shelf and remove it from my most recently used list below. I think I have all the fixed focal lengths except 18mm, 120mm, 500mm, and 1000mm. I am still looking for a good 120mm and a second 85mm with the other internal configuration.
I'm mulling over a Tak 120/2.8 at the moment (having just missed a good deal on the 150/4). I don't really need it though as I have the 105/2.8 and the M 120/2.8... But it's calling to me...
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QuoteOriginally posted by pepperberry farm Quote
I did keep the ones I like, like the Takumar 58/2, but the rest I've found better lenses to supplant them....

I don't consider myself a collector but a photographer, so I try to only keep the lenses that resonate with me, that help me create Art... that spark joy, if you will....
I have the 50mm F/1.4, for reasons of “history”, but mostly I have lengths {such as 28mm}, that make sense in light of how I use “APS-C”.
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QuoteOriginally posted by reh321 Quote
I have the 50mm F/1.4, for reasons of “history”, but mostly I have lengths {such as 28mm}, that make sense in light of how I use “APS-C”.

agreed - I'm keeping the ones that I'd use again and again.... the rest have gone or are going up for sale after Christmas....
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A bakers' dozen.
  • Pentax 15mm smc DA ED f/4
  • Pentax 21mm smc DA f/3.2
  • Pentax 40mm smc DA XS f/2.8
  • Pentax 50mm smc DA f/1.8
  • Tamron 90mm AP AF Di f/2.8
  • Pentax 100 mm D FA Macro f/2.8 AF ED AW - SILVER!!!
  • Pentax 10-17mm smc DA ED f/3.5-4.5
  • Pentax 18-55mm smc DAL f/3.5-5.6
  • Pentax 18-135mm smc DA ED f/3.5-5.6
  • Tamron 18-250mm LD DiII f/3.5-6.3
  • Pentax 20-40mm smc DA ED f/2.8-4
  • Pentax 55-300mm smc DA ED f/4-5.8
  • Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro f/4-5.6

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I have been a lens enthusiast since the late seventies, and as a result I have been buying photographic objectives, at times more and at times less, over a very long time.
I stopped when Covid struck, and since then instead of buying new lenses I dedicated a lot of my free time to consolidating all my lenses in the same room (before they were stored in different locations), storing them in a rational way, and trying to keep them visible, and not hidden in some obscure drawer.
I already went through the vast majority of them, giving them a cursory cleaning, separating lenses from boxes and quivers (that were listed and then boxed and put away), and trying to find a place for each one of my many many objectives.
Doing so, I started counting... and I have been kind of terrified when I discovered that my PK lenses... and I mean only those born with a PK mount, reached the embarrassing number of around 160.
To be sincere the number includes some teleconverters, but excludes all medium format adapted lenses (10 or so those that makes sense using), plus all the T-mount lenses that have acquired a PK mount, those converted from other mounts like the Leitax'ed ones, and the huge number of macro/micro/RMS/inverted enlarger optics than can be effortlessly mounted on a PK bellows.
Considering all of them the number gets dangerously close to 200, which I find kind of embarrassing, especially considering I never meant to collect PK lenses
I always thought I collected only historical large format optics...

On a positive note, I bought only two lenses in the last three yers, and none in the last two, but during the same period I really found great pleasure (especially when I was forced to stay home) in handling, rediscovering, caring for, finding a place on display, etc, for all my beloved objectives. Some of them had practically disappeared from my memory, and rediscovering them made me, well... happy
Maybe a few of you know what I mean. It was like acquiring them for the first time. Some of the very old ones were in pieces, and I had to reassemble them, or at least put together the pieces
I promised myself that as soon as I had the chance to find interesting photographic subjects I would start to test on my K-1 some beautiful M42 lenses, like a few old Takumars (or some CZJ, Komura, Steinheil, Meyer, Schacht, etc). Especially for portrait use some of those lenses are just wonderful. Maybe the Laowa Venus 105mm is the real queen of portraits, but I will try my best with what I have. Some early tests are extremely promising.
I don't have a darkroom since long, so I think I will never use again large format lenses. At least I want to pass some light through those for smaller formats... and fortunately the K-1 seems to be a perfect match for them.

My struggle to find a visible place for all my babies is partially documented here:
the big grey box project - or where am I going to store 50+ lenses and the rest of it - Page 4 - PentaxForums.com

I know there are other vintage lens fans out there.
Please feel free to share your experiences/feelings.

Cheers
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KAF Pentax SMC-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF]
KAF Pentax SMC-DA* 16-50mm F2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM
KAF Pentax SMC-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
KAF Pentax SMC-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 AL ED [IF] DC WR (3x)
KAF Pentax SMC-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
KAF Pentax SMC-DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED [IF] SDM
KAF Pentax SMC-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED
KAF Pentax HD-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE
KAF Pentax SMC-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited
KAF Pentax SMC-DFA 100mm F2.8 WR MACRO
KAF Pentax SMC-FA* 24mm F2 AL [IF]
KAF Pentax SMC-FA 28-105mm F3.2-4.5 AL [IF]
KAF Pentax SMC-FA 35mm F2 AL
KAF Pentax SMC-FA 50mm F1.4
KAF Pentax SMC-FA 50mm F2.8 Macro
KAF Pentax SMC-FA J 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 AL
KAF Pentax SMC-F 35-80mm F4-5.6
KAF Pentax F 28-80mm F3.5-4.5 (2x)

KAF Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 EX DC HSM
KAF Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC HSM
KAF Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.0 DC HSM Macro
KAF Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC Macro
KAF Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM ART
KAF Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-5.6 DC OS HSM
KAF Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
KAF Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM ART
KAF Sigma 55-200mm F4-5.6 DC
KAF Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II APO EX DG HSM Macro (2x)
KAF Sigma 70-210mm F4-5.6 UC Zoom
KAF Sigma 100-300mm F4 APO EX DG
KAF Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO EX DG

KAF Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro

K Kitstar Japan MC 28mm F2.8
K Auto Revuenon Japan 50mm F1.9
K Chinon MC 80-200mm F4.5
K Chinon MC 135mm F2.8

M42 KMZ Industar 50-2 50mm F3.5
M42 KMZ Helios 44M 58mm F2 (8L)
M42 Valdai Helios 44M-4 58mm F2 (6L)
M42 Pentacon 135mm F2.8 (15L)
M42 Pentacon 200mm F4 (15L)

KAF Pentax SMC-F 1.7x AF TC (2x)
KAF Kenko SHQ 1.5x TC
KAF Kenko Teleplus MC7 2x TC
KAX Macro Teleplus MC7 2x TC
K APK Rokunar 2x MC4 TC

M42 - PK Pentax adapter
T2 - PK adapter
Canon FD - PK adapter

KAF Kenko Extension tube set
M42 Extension tube set

P-K Sigma USB DOCK UD-01

M4/3 Olympus 9mm F8 Fisheye body cap
M4/3 Olympus 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R MSC
M4/3 Olympus 40-150mm F4-5.6 R ED MSC
M4/3 Olympus 45mm F1.8 MSC
M4/3 Olympus 75-300mm F4.8-6.7 ED II
M4/3 Pansonic Lumix G 25mm F1.7 ASPH

M4/3 K&F Concept PK/DA-M4/3 adapter
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