[Mothballs]

As a long-time, satisfied user of the AD-2 SP lenses including the SP 300F/2.8 360A, 63B and 30A I'm gonna state that those lenses are as good as your technique with long FL lenses.

Yes, there's potentially more PF than some more modern DA* lenses -- but nearly all of that can be solved in post processing today. If you can shoot with one of the Adaptall SP tele's you can shoot with anything but there's a learning curve.

The good news is it's one you need for ANY tele lens. They'll humble you on the high MPS DSLRs until you learn to use 'em but then you'll have lessons that'll serve you well into the future -- but at 1/3rd the price.

Aye on the learning Curve; I'm still not sure if my 400mm Kitstar is soft or if It's just me being bad with it, and my TAIR-3 is certainly just me; Doesn't help that I don't have a tripod mount for it (Or the stock for the pistol grip...)

It was more that, with where diffraction is on the Q sensor, I figured there's much more room to muck about with those Adaptalls, and they generally sit in a nice middle range for price. All that said, I'm pretty confident that the TAIR will be okay as well...

Ah well, gonna keep my eye out.

[crewl1]

Adapted enlarging lens, ISO 500 1/1250 sec @ f5.6:

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p664/dktrfz/IMGP0788_zpsgxzipn3q.jpg

Untouched file, NO processing whatsoever.

Nice! Use the IMG link from Photobucket so the image shows in line with your post instead of a link.

[murrelet]

Straight-out-of-camera from RAW. 1/100 sec, f/11, ISO 100, daylight WB.

[doribeans]

This is a centralized reference thread housing a database of experience and results of different adapted lenses that users have tested on their Q.

Information that each Lens Review should have: description of your results, recommendations for best use, specific adapter brand or source that was used, and a sample image so a user might see what to expect.

To make this thread easy to search it will be important to put the lens name in the reply title (use the advanced reply,) that way a user wondering how their lens might work on the Q can do a search on title only and quickly get to the lens they are interested in. I think it is OK to have a lens reviewed more than once as different users may have different experiences and use cases.

Please try to minimize discussions here to keep this thread easier to navigate

Here is an index of the lenses submitted to date: (Will try to update this index regularly, but make sure to identify lens in the title)

Q K-Mount Prime
Auto Chinon MC 28mm f2.8	Lenmar 135mm f2.8	Pentax 35mm Ltd Macro
Pentax A50 f2 and Sears Auto 50 F2	Pentax DA 14mm F2.8 ED [IF]	Pentax DA 40 XS
Pentax DA 40mm f/2.8	Pentax DA 70mm f2.4 LTD	Pentax DA* 200/2.8 on Pentax Rear Converter-A 1.4x-L
Pentax DA* 300/4 with TCs	Pentax DA*300	Pentax DA*300
Pentax DFA 100 WR Macro	Pentax DFA 100 f2.8 Macro	Pentax DFA 100mm macro
Pentax DFA 100mm macro	Pentax DFA 100mm with pk adapter	Pentax DFA 50mm
Pentax Da300 f4 pentax q-k adapter	Pentax Da300 with QK adapter and q	Pentax K 50 1.4
Pentax K 50 f1.2	Pentax K 55mm f1.8	Pentax M 50/1.7
Pentax SMC -FA 31mm F1.8 AL Limited	Pentax SMC A 50mm 1.7	Pentax SMC A 50mm / 1.7 on the Q
Pentax SMC A 50mm f2.8 macro	Pentax SMC F 135mm f/2.8	Pentax SMC F 50mm f1.7 on the Q
Pentax SMC F* 600mm F4	Pentax SMC FA 31mm f1.8 limited	Pentax SMC FA 31mm f1.8 limited
Pentax SMC FA 50 f1.4	Pentax SMC FA 77mm f1.8 Limited	Pentax SMC FA* 300 f4.5
Pentax SMC K 135 F2.5	Pentax SMC K 135mm f/2.5	Pentax SMC K 200mm f4
Pentax SMC K300 f4	Pentax SMC M 100mm f/2.8	Pentax SMC M 135 f3.5
Pentax SMC M 1:3.5 28mm	Pentax SMC M 200mm F4	Pentax SMC M 200mm f4
Pentax SMC M 40mm f2.8	Pentax SMC M 50/1.4	Pentax SMC M 50mm / 1.4 on the Q
Pentax SMC M 50mm 1.4	Pentax SMC M 50mm 1:4 Macro	Pentax SMC M*300
Pentax SMC P FA 50mm f2.8 Macro	Pentax SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm	Pentax SMC-A*300 f4
Pentax smc DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM	Pentax smc f2.5 200mm	Promaster 100mm / f:3.5 macro(Manual focus version)
Promaster Spectrum 7 100mm f3.5	Quantaray 28-70mm f/2.8-4	Ricoh Rikenon 135mm f2.8
Ricoh Rikenon 300mm f5.5	Ricoh Rikenon XR 50mm f2	Ricoh XR 50mm 1:2
SMC M 28/2.8	Samyang 16mm F2.0	Samyang 500mm f/8
Samyang 7mm F8	Sears 135 f2.8 Macro K mount	Sears Auto 50mm f2.0
Sears Auto MC 300mm F5.6	Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG Macro	Sigma 20mm F1.8
Sigma 24mm F2.8	Sigma 500 with sigma 1.4x adapter	Sigma 500mm
Sigma 500mm	Sigma 500mm 4.5 ex setting 0.5 to 1	Sigma 500mm 4.5ex
Sigma 500mm f4.5	Sigma 500mm video with pk adapter	Sigma 50mm 2.8 EX Macro
Sigma APO Macro 180 f2.8	Sigma EX DG 70/2.8 macro	Sigma Mini-Wide II 28mm f2.8
Spiratone Sharphooter 400mm f6.3	Tair 3M-5CA 500mm f:8 mirror lens	Tamron 90mm Macro f2.8
Tokina AT-X 90mm f/2.5 Macro	Tokina AT-X Pro 100mm f2.8 Macro	Vivitar 200mm f3.8
Vivitar 85/1.4 on Fotodiox Adapter (painted)	Voigtlaender SLII 90/3.5 with Pentax adapter	Zenitar 16mm FE at f/5.6
Q K-Mount Zoom
Kiron Vivitar 70-150mm	PENTAX SMC M ZOOM 1:4 75-150mm (asahi)	Pentax DA 10-17mm FishEye
Pentax DA 16-45 16mm at f/5.0	Pentax DA 18-250 f4.5-6.3 at 250mm	Pentax DA 18-55 on the Q
Pentax DA 50-200 WR f4-5.6	Pentax DA 50-200mm	Pentax DA L 1:4-5.6 50-200mm ED
Pentax DA* 60-250 f/4	Pentax DA* 60-250mm F4	Pentax DA-L 55-300 on the Q
Pentax DAL 18-55mm f3.5-4.5	Pentax DAL 55-300mm Zoom at 300	Pentax Da 18-135
Pentax Da 55-300 handheld	Pentax SMC A 35-105 on the Q	Pentax SMC F 35-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax SMC F 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5	Pentax SMC F 80-200mm f4.7-5.6	Pentax SMC FA 28 to 80
Pentax Takumar F 70-210mm F4-5.6	Phoenix/Cosina 28-210mm f4.2-6.7	Promaster (Tamron) 28-105mm f/4-5.6
SMC Pentax - A 35 - 70 3.5 - 4.5	Sears 80-200 f4 zoom macro	Sigma 120-400 HSM OS
Sigma 150-500mm HSM OS (Lil' Bigma)	Sigma 50-500mm OS HSM	Sigma 70-200 2.8 HSM II
Sigma 70-300 mm F4.0-5.6 DG APO Macro	Tamron 28-75 f2.8 Continuous	Tamron 70-200 f2.8
Tamron 70-300 LD Di Tele Macro	Tamron LD Di 70-300 AF zoom at 300	Tamron XR 28-200 mm f 3.8-5.6
Tamron XR Di 18-200	Vivitar Series 1 28-105	Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 Version 1
Vivitar Series 1 70-210F3.5 (Version 1)	Vivitar Zoom Macro 80-200
Q Other Mount
"Meyer-Görlitz Orestor 135mm f2.8 ""Bokeh Monster"""	2.8mm f/2 CS and 4mm f/1.2 CS	4mm C mount Clover LENS043
8mm movie lens Pandora-6	Agfa Movexoom's Schneider Variogon 9-30mm f/1.8	Albinar 2-in-1 Lens Tele zoom 1.7x/0.4x
Alpex 1 1/2 inchces (38.1mm) F/2.5 len	Arco Cine 6.5mm f/1.4	Arco-Cine 13mm f/1.4
Arco-cine 6.5mm f/1.4	Argus C3 100mm lens	Astron 1:3.5 / 50mm Enlarger lens
Bauer C1's Bauer Vario 9-36mm f/1.8	Bausch & Lomb Balcote Animar 15mm f/1.5	Bell & Howell Super Comat 1 inch f/1.9
Bolex K1 Kern-Paillard Vario-Switar 8-36mm f/1.9	C mount Senko 25mm f0.95 wide open.	CCTV 2.5mm CS Mount
CCTV Fujian 25 F/1.4	Canon C-8's 10-40mm f/1.4	Canon EF 100mm f2.8 macro
Canon EF 70-300 f4-5.6 II Ultrasonic	Canon Eight C-8 13mm f/1.4	Canon FD 200mm 1:4
Canon FD 50mm f=1.8	Canon FD 85mm 1.2 L	Canon FL 200mm F3.5
Canon Zoom C-8 9.5-47.5mm f/1.8	Canon mp-e65	Carena 8mm's angenieux k2 zoom 7.5-35mm f/1.8
Carl Zeiss 32mm	Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 12.5mm f/2	Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 12.5mm f/2.8 c-moun
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/4	Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f4.5/40mm M42	Cine Yashinon 38mm f/1.4
Cine-S.ARCO 13mm f/1.4 D mount	Computar 50mm f1.8 C mount lens	Computar 8mm / f:1.3 (Model M8513-old version) C-Mount
Computar 8mm f1.4 fixed aperture C-mount	Computar TV Lens 8mm f/1.4 C-mount	Cooke Ivotal 13mm f/1.4
Cosmicar 25mm C-mount Television Lens	Cosmicar 6mm f/1.4.	E M C Automatic f2.8 28mm M42
EL-Nikkor 50/2.8	Eleet-DeJur Chromtar 1/2 inch	Elgeet 7mm 1.5 C-mount
Elgeet cine 7mm f/1.9 d-moun	Frankar ~7mm-35mm	Fujian 25mm F1.4 with 1 Ext Tube C Mount
Fujian 35mm f/1.7 C mount	Fujinon 17mm	Fujinon 2.7mm f/1.8 c-mount
Helios 44m-7 58mm f2 M42	Hensoldt Wetzlar Portable Microscope s.nr 9377	Industar 61 L/D f:2.8 / 55mm (308mm equiv. on the Q)
Industar-50 (Collapsible)	Kern-Paillard SWITAR 25mm f/1.4 AR C-mount	Keystone K-1 turret D-mount
Kodak Ektanar Len 50mm f/2.8	Kodak Projection Zoom 15-25mm	LPL 75mm f3.5 Enlarger lens
Lytar Som Berthiot 16mm F/2.8 C-mount	MC MTO-11CA 10/1000mm M42	Mamiya Sekor 645 80mm 2.8
Mamiya Sekor EF 50mm f1.7 DIY EOS	Mamiya-Sekor 135mm/f2.8 M42 Auto	Meopta Anaret s 4.5/50 Enlarger lens
Minolta MC Rokkor 1.7/85mm	Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 1.7/50mm	Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-HF 300mm f4.5
Minolta MD W.Rokkor 2.8/28mm	Minolta Maxum AF 50mm f1.7	Navitar 6mm f/1.4 Machine Vision
Nikkor 300 f4.5 ED IF	Nikkor 35mm F2	Nikkor-P 105mm
Nikkor-Q 200mm	Nikkor-s 50mm 1.4	Nikon 200mm f4 AI Micro
Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AI-s	Nikon 50mm f1.8	Nikon AF 50mm f1.8 D reverse mounted onto Tamron 70-300mm SP Di
Nizo S800's Schneider Variogon 7-80mm f/1.8	Olympus 200F4 cont	Olympus OM 180 f2
Olympus OM Zuiko 180 f2.8 at f5.6	Panasonic 4mm f/0.75	Pentacon f1.8 50mm m42
Pentacon f2.8 29mm m42	Pentax 01 Lens with add on wide angle diopter	Pentax 02 Zoom + Oly TCon 17
Pentax 02 zoom with Kenko Digital Tele 2.0x sgt-20	Pentax 110 50mm f2.8	Pentax 110 18 mm
Pentax 110 18mm f2.8	Pentax 110 18mm f2.8	Pentax 110 18mm f2.8
Pentax 110 24mm F2.8	Pentax 110 24mm f/2.8	Pentax 110 24mm f2.8
Pentax 110 50mm	Pentax 110 50mm 2.8 with Soligor 1.7x teleconverter	Pentax 110 50mm @ f4.5
Pentax 110 50mm F2.8	Pentax 110 70mm f2.8	Pentax 110 70mm f2.8 lens
Pentax 110 70mm f2.8 lens with Ext. tubes	Pentax 18mm f2.8 110 lens	Pentax 55mm takumar 42mm mount
Pentax Auto 110 24/2.8	Pentax Auto 110 70mm f2.8 + Nikon 4T (+3) closeup	Pentax C30811KP 8.5 f1.5 C mount CCTV lens
Pentax M 42 Takumar 200mm F5.6 Preset	Pentax M42 super tak 1:2.8/105	Pentax Q DIY Pinhole lens
Pentax SMC 645-FA 75mm f/2.8	Pentax SMC Tak f3.5 28mm M42	Pentax SMC Tak 35mm 3.4
Pentax SMC Takumar 300 f4	Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm F1.4	Pentax SMC Takumar f1.8 55mm
Pentax SMC bellows tak 100mm f4. M42	Pentax Super Macro Tak 50mm f4	Pentax Super Takumar 200/5.6
Pentax Super Takumar 200mm f4 ~ 42mm mount	Pentax Super Takumar 28mm/3.5	Pentax Super-Takumar 150mm f4
Pentax TV Zoom 12.5-75mm f/1.4	Pentax Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200mm M42 preset	Pentax super tak 135mm 3.5 M42
Pentax super tak 50mm 1.4	Pentax super-takumar 35mm f/3.5 on Q	Pentax/Cosmicar 8-48mm f/1.0
Pentaz M42 Takumars – SMC 50mm	Q DIY Toy Lens with Macro	Rainbow 3.5mm f/1.6
Rainbow 4.8mm f/1.8 machine vision len	Revuenon 200mm f3.5 M42	Rollei SL83's Rollei Vario 7.5-60mm f/1.8
Rubinar Makpo 1000mm F10 Mirror	Russian LOMO OKC3-10-1 10mm f/1.8	S.F.C 3.5 / 50mm Enlarger lens
Sakar Auto MC 135mm 1:2.5	Sankor 105mm f4.5 enlarging lens	Schneider Kreuznach 105mm f4.5 enlarger lens
Schneider Kreuznach Cinegon 1:1.9/11.5 C-mount	Schneider Kreuznach Cinegon 6.5mm f/1.9 D-mount	Schneider Kreuznach Xenon 25mm f/1.5 D-mount
Schneider Optivaron 6-66mm f/1.8 c-moun	Schneider Variogon 8-48mm f/1.8	Schneider Xenoplan 13mm f/1.9
Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 1:1.5/25 - C mount	Sigma 150mm f2.8 APO MACRO DG HSM Nikon F mount	Sigma 170-500 (Minolta Mount)
Sigma AF 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG EOS	Sigma EX DG 150-500 APO HSM OS EOS	Soligor 400mm Tele-Auto 1:6.3
Soligor 8/600mm T2 classic	Steinheil Cassarit 36mm f/2.8 d-mount	Super Takumar 150/4
Switar 36mm f/1.8 d-mount	Tair-3 4.5/300-A 300mm	Tamron 25mm f/1.6 C mount
Tamron Adaptall-2 AF F4 70-210	Tamron SP Adaptall 60 - 300 23A	Tamron TV 16mm f/1.4
Tokina-special auto 135mm f2.8	Toyo 300mm f5.6 Catadioptric (Mirror)	Travegar 50mm f3.5 Enlarger lens
Ultrak 3.5-8mm f/1.4	Vivitar 28mm F2.5	Vivitar m42 300mm f5.5 Auto Telephoto
Votar 1.5 inches - 38.1mm	Wollensak 1 inch f/1.5 cine velostigmat	Wollensak 13mm f/1.9
Wollensak 15-25mm f/1.5 zoom projection len	Wollensak Raptar 13mm f/1.2 C-mount	YVAR 12.5mm f/2.5
Yashica 8E's Yashinon 12.5-37.5mm f/2.8	Yashinon 38.1mm f/1.4 Q + D-mount	Yashinon 6.5mm f/1.4 at f/8 composite shot
Zuiko 200mm F4	Zuiko 35-105 F3.5-4-5	Zuiko 50mm 1.8
Zuiko 50mm F1.8 w extension tubes	canon super16 15-150mm f/2	mto 500 f8 + zeiss 2x teleconverter
Q7 K-Mount Prime
Helios 44k-4	Pentax DA*300 on Q7	Pentax SMC A 135mm f2.8
Pentax SMC M 135 3.5	Pentax SMC M 135 f3.5 on Q7	Pentax Takumar (Bayonet) 135mm f2.5
Pentax-A* 600mm f/5.6
Q7 K-Mount Zoom
Pentax SMC F 80-200	Sigma 70-200 OS on Q7
Q7 Other Mount
CCTV Avenir 12mm f/1.2	Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II	Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 II
Kern-Paillard Yvar 13mm f/1.9 AR Visifocus	Kern-Paillard Yvar 36mm f/2.8 AR Visifocus	Kern-Paillard Yvar 36mm f/2.8 AR Visifocus (D mount)
Orion ED80T-CF Telescope	Orion Spaceprobe 3 telescope 700mm f9.2	Pentax 110 50mm
SOM Berthiot Lytar 25mm f/1.9	SOM Berthiot Lytar 25mm f/1.9 (C mount)	Yashica Yashinon 13mm f/1.4
Yashica Yashinon 13mm f/1.4 (D mount)

has anyone tried the quantaray 28-90 AF macro on the q or q10?

I have one I got with my zx-l - it's nice and small (much smaller than my Tamron 28-200) and has an aperture ring (which the Tamron doesn't).

I'm going to try it with the Q10 when it arrives - seems like it will be a good pairing size-wise to carry around.

---------- Post added 07-26-15 at 03:14 AM ----------

seems like it might be a good short to mid zoom - though its a bit big.

Does have a nice smooth focus, though a bit loose...

we'll see

[rendition]

Greeting. Long time not posting. Been busy with other formats but I used Q quite frequently. A

Schneider cine Xenon 13mm f1.5 d-mount . The design is 9-element I think. Lovely sharp len with creamy DOF. One of my favorite cine lens

On Q


Sample image taken with this len



Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/124354192@N07/20502829786/in/dateposted-public/

[kwb]

This is a fixed focus C mount lens with "bright", "hazy" and "dull" markers for "summer" and "winter" f-stop positions. Don't worry, it also has numbers on the other side of the dial.


It's fixed focus, but if your object is 4 meters or more away, you're OK.


If you want to go closer, you can unscrew the lens a bit. The flower shot below was done this way, it was maybe 3 feet away. Or you can use a spacer or two to go really closer. I used 2 pieces of 5mm spacers for praying mantis.


When using spacers, I change the distance between the lens and the object to focus, so using a tripod is not very practical. I've shot the praying mantis bracing my hands/arms against the wall the animal was on. I was happy to capture the compound eye cells.

[CheepShot]

Okay, a request here. I've been eyeballing a few old Tamrons, in particular the 300mm f2.8 SP Adaptall2 lenses, and was wondering if anyone had one to test? Apparently those lenses where very sharp for long, fast telephotos (We're talking, like, around 45-50 lpm wide open apparently) and I was wondering how they held up on the Q.

Probably going to hunt one down reguardless, but still, Hoping someone has one to show off.

I have that setup and it works very well. Obviously, much cleaner on the Q7/QS-1. Here's a search link on Flickr for the combo https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pentax%20q%2060b

Here is a comparison set I made between a K5 with the 60B and the Q with a 1000mm mirror here https://flic.kr/s/aHsjFYxhDG

[Mothballs]

I have that setup and it works very well. Obviously, much cleaner on the Q7/QS-1. Here's a search link on Flickr for the combo https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pentax%20q%2060b

Here is a comparison set I made between a K5 with the 60B and the Q with a 1000mm mirror here https://flic.kr/s/aHsjFYxhDG

That Rubinar is way way sharper on the Q than I expected. Holy shoot. https://flic.kr/p/eJRnK5 Might have to steal my Friends, or get the local Importer/Lens tech to snag me a realigned one...

Tamron is hella impressive as well. Definitely on the list now...

[CheepShot]

This is close to nearest focusing distance, wide open. I'll add a few pics to this post in the future.

[]

With a QS1

[CheepShot]

Wide open


F4


F8

[CheepShot]

Pentax Q-S1 with Tamron Adaptall 60B 300mm F2.8
It was fairly early in the morning, I'll try and add some better shots with this setup in better light.

[Piotrek K]

I tested today my new SMC Pentax M 100/4 Macro and it seems to be real keeper quality- wise on the Q and handholdable . All images wide open on the genuine Q, foggy weather - so better results are most probably achievable.
All images processed in RawTherapee and sharpened after web-resize. I have to test this one on 5.6 (not enough light today) also and against M 135/3.5 (I hope 100 mm might be better choice for hand-held shots even then M 135). Sorry for boring subjects, but I wanted to check for abberations. First 4 images are full frames, the last one is 100% crop.

[alondrajack]

Real zoom on my Q10, works nicely in the sun, used it with a C mount adaptor, lens is not easy to focus.

[crewl1]

Sleek and slim, this Cooke Triplet is a little low in contrast, but is reasonably sharp across the frame and low on fringing.

I've seen this in Chrome and Black versions. Best aperture is 5.6.

Sample image: IMGP1130_zpslz3g5zqg.jpg Photo by dktrfz | Photobucket

Please use the BBCode url from Photobucket so your pics will show in line.

---------- Post added 11-23-15 at 06:21 PM ----------

Index updated. Thanks all for your submissions.

[vonBaloney]

I don't have the faintest idea what you are talking about. My images seem to work just fine. What is BBCode? What line are you talking about?

So that your image will show here on the forum without having to click on it. On the photobucket page see "share this photo" and choose the one that says "IMG" with the 'URL' tag.

And then we can see this here, like so.