Originally posted by pepperberry farm the Takumar 105 won't be here until Monday.... to keep the soon-to-be-arriving list going, I bought a Cosina 55mm f1.4 lens for the M42 body....
While I'm trying my best to show some restraint... somebody else is going wild
After your beautiful Soligor/Tokina C/D P 2/35mm (which I envy, cause it belongs to a series of lenses I like so much), the Tak 105mm is another really nice optics to have. I own the bayonet version (SMC Pentax 2.8/105mm), and I like it a lot.
Regarding your M42 Cosina 1.4/55mm, can you please tell me if the feet scale is on top or at the bottom (of the Mt. one)?
Found an interesting theory: Tomioka-made fifties have the feet scale on top, while Cosina-made ones have it at the bottom.
Couldn't do much checking, however the few lenses I own that are almost for sure Tomioka-made have in fact the ft. inscription at the top of the mt. one.
One caveat: not all Cosina branded lenses are actually Cosina-made. For example the Cosina 1.2/55mm is a Tomioka, while the Cosinon-S 1.2/55mm is a Cosina