Originally posted by str8talk83 adapting older manual focus lenses
Answering that we would need to quote probably half of the lenses from the review's database. However there are some lenses that really stands out quality-wise :
SMC Pentax-M 20mm F4.0 - BEST super angle 20mm lens I ever had. It is sharper than the earlier SMC-K version, on top of that its lighter and much smaller.
Super Multi Coated / Super Takumar 24mm F3.5 or SMC Pentax-K 24mm f2.8 -all are superb lenses, very sharp and great colours.
Super Multi Coated 35mm f3.5 - cheap and fantastic lens
Zeiss Flektogon 35mm F2.4 - classic, great rendering, super close focusing
Auto Takumar 35mm F2.3 - amazing bokeh and unique rendering - not focusing as close
Super Takumar 50m F1.4 8 element (1st version) - top 50mm lens in M42 mount period. Sharp from wide open to all else. Great bokeh
Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f1.8 - another great lens, lovely bokeh and rendering. I like my zebra style older version with 8 aperture blades the most.
SMC Pentax-A 50mm F2.8 - best macro lens with 1:2 magnification on the market. period - it is a really stunner and an eye opener to what a good lens can do!
SMC Pentax-K 85mm F1.8 - classic best portrait , hard to get cheaply
SMC Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 - still great, sharp but less expensive . Advantage is the size and weight, almost like a fast 50 !
Super Multi coated 105mm f2,8 portrait - very sharp and great rendering and bokeh
SMC Pentax-A 100mm F2,8 even better than the S-M-C, sharper and better
S-M-C/Takumar/ SMC Pentax-M 135mm f3.5 , small and sharp telephoto - rather inexpensive but punches way above its weight
Zeiss Sonnar 135mm F3.5 - stunner of a lens, best 135 f3.5 ever made. Period. Very sharp, best is black MC version
SMC Pentax-K 135mm F2.5 - probably best 135mm F2.5 ever made, really sharp, harder to get but the images I saw from this are worth the hunt
SMC Pentax 200mm f4 - any version is really a stunner
SMC Pentax 300mm F4 - superb sharp lens, hand holdable, some CA's might be problematic in some scenarios, still one of the best manual options out there.
... ok , that will do for now
Last edited by manntax; 10-17-2015 at 02:50 AM.