I know this may sound kinda silly...…..lol.
Do any of You have a Lens that is Poorly Rated by most people , possibly here of PF , and yet just cant seem to give it up and like the rendering and still use it anyway ?
I DO ….and its the Takumar 300mm f4 …..Version 2.....The Beast ! Its the Preset version with the 18 blades.
Its has lots of purple fringing and shooting against any backlight is a pain. But when it comes together and the colors all just "Pop" and focus is spot on...….its sooooo Sweet !
I have tried to ditch it several times to no avail. Eventually put a baffle in the lens for Apsc and that helped a bit overall.
Its focusing distance is also really bad at something like 24'.....FEET !
To get around that for some uses I have a 9mm and a 12mm extension tube that I use and that helps with the closer critters.
Im just curious if there is others that have the same type infatuation with a certain lens that could be , or should be ditched.....and yet still hang on and keep trying ?Super
Last edited by Ronald Oakes; 07-31-2019 at 10:31 PM.