Originally posted by pepperberry farm Ok - I'm thinking I need a 24mm lens in M42 mount.... and they seem to be a bit scarce, or pricey...
why not an older Tamron Adaptall, say an 01B or even a little further back, a CW-24?
I'm not sure you'll be able to find anything that would be better than that Vivitar 24 2.8 that I got from you, and that you were not thrilled with...
...except of course for the Takumar 24mm 3.5, but that one seems to not be so cheap anymore these days.
Same with the Takumar 20mm 4.5 - the images are very nice especially in the hands of forum member Dartmoor Dave, but it's not so cheap anymore.
A while back I wanted an SMC-M 20mm f4 (yes it's K mount but it's got lovely rendering I think, and the corners are good enough on APS-C). I should have gotten one before the K-1 came out, they were selling for 150 dollars back then. Now they're 300-400 dollars and sometimes even more!