[Arjay Bee]

Been a while: K20 ST85 1.9

[jva59]

Two shots taken today with the Tak 55 1.8.

[Homo_erectus]

Another shot from the Seattle Aquarium with the 55mm F/2.

[jva59]

Lost in thought--a depiction of my favorite pastime! X-posted in a slightly different version elsewhere. (K-5, Tak 55 1.8)

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[Jonathan Mac]

These are from the SMC Tak, 55mm f/2, a wonderful lens.

[tim60]

Today I took delivery of my best Tak lens yet. A S-M-C Tak 100/4 macro in superb condition. Looked like it was new out of the box, but no box. The hard case was a little worn on hte outside. But the lens itself looked new. I have had some good buys but this is the best, and at a price which was below the mean price for all of that type in eBay auctions since April 2010, including both damaged and 'passed in' lots. This is one of the last few in my planned set. This one was hard to get because recently they have been expensive and not offered very often.I got a couple of images with it this afternoon, on the way to a work function related to race 7 in the Tuesday races in Melbourne. And in a discussion of that I was able to tell one of my colleagues that a box of old Pentax lenses he had would be worth something - either for him to buy a new body to go with them, or to sell. I will need to spend more time with it soon, when my job becomes more manageable.

[Jean Poitiers]

X- post of new toys ... sample images to come later ...

PS - BIG THANKS to kcobain who tipped me off to the 55/2.2 J

[Andrew_Oid]

Excuse me, but I'm new to posting in forums. I used to collect vintage cameras and lenses and still have a 35mm f3.5 Super Tak, a 50mm f1.4 SMC Tak, and an 85mm f1.8 SMC Tak together with a Spotmatic II from that time. Since buying a full-frame digital camera, a Sony Alpha a850, and discovering this thread (I'm a little more than half-way through it.) with all the wonderful photographs in it, I've purchased a couple of adapters and a few more lenses and hope that I might join in the exchange. I just started using the taks with my digital cameras a month and a half ago while vacationing in southern Colorado. The two pictures attached are from that trip taken with a 28mm f3.5 SMC Tak mounted on a Sony Alpha a55, so making the lens effectively 42mm. The camera's light meter works very well with the lenses, and I've recently discovered I can use Aperture Priority with them. The picture of the night sky is one of several taken with the camera on a tripod, the ISO set to 800, the aperture at f3.5 and the shutter at 5 seconds (the light meter's recommendation). With the darkness and an EVF viewfinder, all I could see in the viewfinder was noise. I couldn't even tell if my camera was in proper orientation to the horizon. All in all, I was impressed with the result. All the night photos were properly exposed. Fortunately, the a850 has an excellent OVF and that's the camera I'll be using in the future. Anyway, greetings to all, and I hope you'll let me join (overlooking the fact that I use Sony cameras and not Pentaxes).

[paulh]

X- post of new toys ... sample images to come later ...

PS - BIG THANKS to kcobain who tipped me off to the 55/2.2 J

Looks great, Jean! I hope to eventually find an Auto-Tak 55 to go with my H2 as well. Enjoy

[Jean Poitiers]

Looks great, Jean! I hope to eventually find an Auto-Tak 55 to go with my H2 as well. Enjoy

Well Paul, I actually bought a second one on my recent French eVILbay buying binge, but it has not arrived from the UK yet ... was bidding on both at about the same moment ... and ended up with both ... weird luck, J

[Andrew_Oid]

I got this shot of one of my neighbors this afternoon, a squirrel who has detested me for years. You can see by his expression that he can't disguise his disdain. I surprised him while trying to photograph a bird with my 200mm f4 SMC Tak. The focus might be a bit off because I was in a hurry. Squirrels are, after all, squirrelly.

[SyncGuy]

I got this shot of one of my neighbors this afternoon, a squirrel who has detested me for years. You can see by his expression that he can't disguise his disdain. I surprised him while trying to photograph a bird with my 200mm f4 SMC Tak. The focus might be a bit off because I was in a hurry. Squirrels are, after all, squirrelly.

Ah... I understand your predicament.. Mr. Rupert here has issues with his squirelly neighbor too!

[MKvip Beauty]

Hi there everybody,

my name is mike, I introduced myself here, but what I want to do explicitely right in this thread:

I want to thank everybody for their great photos and invaluable information they so freely distribute here - you guys hooked me on the Taks

cheers everybody - take care!
mike

[repaap]

Here is one with my s.tak 105/2.8

[Jean Poitiers]

Bonjour Mike and welcome (again) ... J