Originally posted by stevebrot got news for you, both are stop-down metering and if you have more steps with the M, it is because you are not using an efficient flow.
Not sure I'm completely convinced by that:
- Taks: Adjust aperture as needed, focus, shoot. If the light doesn't change, excellent! If it does, unless I want a new aperture, I change nothing bar the focus, Tv changes automatically. If I do find I need a brighter finder I can use the auto/manual switch to switch it, but this is more time consuming than the M.
- SMC M: Adjust aperture as needed, focus, green button, shoot. If light doesn't change, excellent! If it does, I re-meter with the green button to get appropriate Tv. With the M in Av mode the stop-down doesn't meter.
Doesn't necessarily change my preferences, as with some more experimentations I have come to the conclusion that:
- Tak 50mm is strong for it's warm glow, lovely focus feel, and is sharp. It's the only lens I've taken out properly thus far and it's given me some great shots.
- Tak 55mm is strong for it's brightness, lightness, and sharpness with typical Takumar feel.
- M50mm is sharp as a Tak, works perfectly on the MG (like it was made for it...!)
Originally posted by Na Horuk You can sell the M and buy an A series.
I had an A-series 50mm 1.7 which was unbelievably good. During my move I have misplaced it somewhere, and so far it has not reappeared. I am loath to buy another as I know the second I do the old one will appear! I did crumble at some point and get one off eBay but the focus mechanism and aperture was broken. Sellfer gave a full refund and told me to keep the lens, so I disassembled it and fixed the aperture mechanism but struggled to understand the focusing one. All the youtube videos I could get hold of didn't help me figure it out...