Originally posted by Eruditass Yep, that's the lens, Pentax-F aka Takumar-F (sometimes different labeling). The thing on the front might be some kind of hood. One person on DPR liked the 28-80 quite a bit.
The 50/1.7 is excellent and sharper than the 1.4.
What 200/3.5 do you have that is crap? I have a Vivitar Komine (serial no. starts with 28) that I quite like.
The name on the 200mm escapes me. I use it, because it's all I have, but it renders reds horribly and flat pictures. I couldn't find anything on the interwebs about it when I got it, it's a screwmount, I think I found out that they were made for department stores in Montreal or some such thing. It was free, so I didn't complain
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Thanks for the feedback, I'm excited, new toys!!
Jeremy