Quote: I have the Yashinon 50mm f1.7, but have not used it yet (I have probably 12 50mm lenses). I will try it tonight and report back.
I tried the Yashinon last night. I can see why you're concerned about the rear element sticking out (or is it sticking in?) to far into the camera body. It does stick out farther than on any lens that I have. I try the lens on these bodies: Spotmatic II, K1000, MX, and K10D, none of them has any problem. I think it's safe to use.
It is also a pleasant surprise: the lens is very sharp, probably as sharp as the Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4. I think I will be using it more and more from now on. There is only a minor problem: it does not have "Manual" setting. So it depends on the camera body to push the pin in to close the aperture before the shutter release. That is of course not posible with a body with PK mount, so you need to modify the lens to set it permanently in "manual" (stop-down) mode. My lens was modified by the previous owner.
About the 300mm f/5.5, I don't have it in PK mount. The lens has Soligor/Vivitar TX universal mount and currently it has a TX adapter for Nikon AI mount. I was able to (kind of) attach the lens to the K10D body to take some test photos and found that I like the lens. But the lens does not latch securely to the body, so I put the lens on the shelf, waiting for a TX adapter for PK or M42 mount (I put this in the "wanted" forum).
(I need to steal this thread a bit to reply to Hinman; he's a nice guy)
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Hey Hin,
Yup, that's me SOldBear who sold you the Tokina a while back. It's nice to meet you here. I've heard that you've inflicted a great deal of LBA to people on the forums here
I myself have no experience with any of the Takumar 300mm. This is my most recent found:
K1000 body, Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm f/2.8-3.8 (67mm filter thread, Cosina-made), SMC Pentax-A 35mm f/2.8, Vivitar 283 flash with SC-1 remote cord, Zero Halliburton aluminum case. Everything is like new. All for $100, and the guy dropped it off my office. Life is good
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