[2Thumbs]

S-M-C 50mm f/1.4 @ f/4:



I really, really do love what this lens produces beyond f/4.

Following on from this:

From the same 'bunch' of flowers. Gotta love nature, isn't it amazing what a bit of sunshine can do?



Straight from the sensor, no PP except a resize and jpeg conversion.

And thank you Richard and Mel. Great tips, I'll try them out soon!

[robbiec]

[Asahiflex]

S-M-C Takumar 200mm f/4 on Canon 5D (I actually had to because I sold my K20D and the K-7 is not available in my country yet )

[Fixcinater]

Awesome shot of the cows. Wow!

[MeFirstO]

400H is fantastic for portraits

yeah, so i heard

[Mike Cash]

Pentax K20D
Super Takumar 85/1.9

[Jewelltrail]

Asahiflex: S-M-C Takumar 200mm f/4 on Canon 5D (I actually had to because I sold my K20D and the K-7 is not available in my country yet

Those are very nice shots!

[Nesster]

Peter, those cows are awesome no matter where I see them





S-M-C Takumar 1.8 / 55mm, ES-II, BW400CN

[NaClH2O]

So I went and got myself a SMC Takumar 55mm F1.8. I decided to see for myself what all the brouhaha was about with these lenses. I must admit I'm pretty impressed. Sharp, good color rendition, good to excellent bokeh, decent flare and CA resistance, main thing I don't care for is that they are VERY tricky to meter in backlight situations. Got a lot more overexposed shots than I'm used to. Of course I'll get the hang of that once I start shooting with it regularily. My other main niggle (and it really is a niggle) is that my copy is a bit soft wide open, but then again so is my K 50 F1.2. Already decided I'm in the market for a 35 f2 if I can find one reasonable. In any event On With the Show!!!

Note that I'm not in the habit of, nor will I get into the the habit of writing down shot specifics. So I have no idea what the aperture any of these are. You can probably get a pretty good guess at least as far as open, middle and narrow.
I call this one "Blink" for obvious reasons


Side lit Day Lily


It showered briefly the night before, shaded plants had some fun water droplets




I call this one "Final Approach" I'd love to say I waited hours for the darn bee to arrive, but the truth of the matter is I didn't even know it was there until I opened it on my 'puter.


NaCl(thanks for looking)H2O

[SteveM]

K-7 and a Takumar 83mm/1.9. I had meant to head up at dawn....but was too slow hiking up to the top. Mill Hill....Victoria, BC

[kuuan]

S-M-C Takumar 35mm f2, first @ f2.8 ( or wide open, not sure ), second definitely wide open, both @ ISO 800 on *istDs

[Mike Cash]

Yet another "Did I post this one yet?" photo.

Sometimes I think I must be the only truck driver in the world who actually likes red lights.

Pentax K20D
S-M-C Takumar 105/2.8

[zjason]

After reading so many great reviews of these lenses, I purchased a S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens for my Olympus e-510. I am using a chinese AF confirm adapter from ebay and it seems to work perfectly as advertised. I still need to program the AF chip to update the exif information, but the instructions look fairly straightforward.

Here is the first test shot from my wife's garden using f1.4:

[kuuan]

After reading so many great reviews of these lenses, I purchased a S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens for my Olympus e-510. I am using a chinese AF confirm adapter from ebay and it seems to work perfectly as advertised. I still need to program the AF chip to update the exif information, but the instructions look fairly straightforward.

Here is the first test shot from my wife's garden using f1.4:

beautiful shot!
and I am sure you will love this lens! ( I am biased though, the Tak 50/1.4, out of abt. 30+ lenses, is my fav. )

[Nesster]

Super flower POP! congratulations, welcome to the club


S-M-C Takumar 1.8 / 55mm / ES-II / BW400CN