[jarlaxle2k5]

K1 and Jupiter 37a 135mm f/3.5

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[cyberjunkie]

I already had plenty of vintage lenses with me, considering that i have to fit everything inside my hand luggage.
Now i have one more, that is proving to be a very nice acquisition.
It's an Asahi Pentax Auto Takumar f/1.8 85mm.
Great bokeh and very nice overall rendition.
Fast enough for low light photography











cheers

Paolo

[jcdoss]

A ttw (through the windshield) shot of the beautiful mountains of southwest Montana as we passed through last week, taken with a K-1 and M120/2.8.

[cyberjunkie]

Tamron SP "Anniversary" 2.5/180mm (63B)
Shot wide open, xposted from my review of the lens

[sibyrnes]

Here's one with my K 20mm f4:

[GUB]

Takumar 135mm 3.5 (46mm filter model) If it isn't 60yrs old this year it will be next year!

[dave2k]

I purchased a few old primes for when I don't want to carry my D FA lenses and I've been pleasantly surprised with the outcome. Here are a few recent flower shots. Only edits were cropping and resizing.

Pentax A 50 F1.4


Pentax FA 20

[wkraus]

Interesting thread but not a lot of activity recently. Here’s my first contribution, taken with a M42 Fujinon 1:2.8/100 (pre-EBC version) wide open. I think I posted this before but I'm not sure where.

[ZeGaby]

K1 + M50mm f/1.7

[wkraus]

It works!

Another one, also posted earlier (in the Takumar club). Asahi Pentax SV with Auto-Takumar 1:3.5/35 attached and Takumar 1:2.8/105 (1st preset version), taken with Pentax K-1 in crop mode and the famous (Sonnar) Takumar 1:2 58mm wide open (copy lent by forum member kuuan).




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K-1, EBC Fujinon-T 1:2.5 135mm at f/4

[TimeBandit]

Beautiful photos! I can't wait to receive my K1 so I can pull out my old glass again.

[cyberjunkie]

Beautiful photos! I can't wait to receive my K1 so I can pull out my old glass again.

Buying the K-1, just because I had so many great old film glasses, has given me back the pleasure to take pictures.
I'm enjoying this camera immensely.

Well, better to add a couple of pictures... after all it was me who started this thread
Two funny snapshots at dinner with friends

Meyer Primoplan f/1.9 58mm wide open



Soligor C/D f/2 135mm wide open (or barely stopped down)

[TimeBandit]

@CyberJunkie: HOLY COW! I just clicked on your PK & M42 Lenses link :O Impressive!!!
How long have you been collecting?

[longbow]

M 400 f5.6 with the K-1 II (handheld)

[cyberjunkie]

@CyberJunkie: HOLY COW! I just clicked on your PK & M42 Lenses link :O Impressive!!!
How long have you been collecting?

Hahaha, quite a long time. From the end of the seventies, but I kept myself sane for long periods
I used to collect large format lenses (more, and more valuable than those for Pentax), and I've been very interested in the history of photographic lenses. It's a very fascinating field.
My first large format lenses were used for work, when I did still life with a Linhof Technika and Linhof Bi-System (and also a Pentax 6x7).
After I switched from cameras to computer, I turned to larger formats (8x10" and bigger) as a hobby, and I re-started to acquire LF lenses, especially Petzvals, soft focus, or historically relevant optics.
Unfortunately I stopped using large format (and analog in general) because I moved abroad. No wet darkroom, no studio lights/strobes/equipments, no large tripods...
I don't like to buy lenses if I have no chance to use them, so after a while I re-started acquiring Pentax glasses. I already owned some very nice ones bought during the eighties (like three A Stars, the A 2.8/20mm, the Zeiss/Pentax A 3.5/15mm and K 2/28mm), so at first I acquired a few modern AF zooms.
I never sold my beloved film lenses even if they made little sense on crop format, and after I had filled the gaps with some "sharp" objectives, I turned to some vintage ones I always desired, slowly buying one after the other.
With the release of the K-1 I reached the peak. Old lenses could be used to their full potential!
Now I have many optics to experiment with. I still have a "wanted" list in my mind, but almost all of them are out of reach, so I try to be patient and wait for a great deal that might never come.
I don't sell a lens since very very long. All of them were bought for a reason, and I pet all of them
If I want to finance some new acquisition I have to sell at least the duplicates. A few of them are very interesting, and I would like to see them in good loving hands.
Unfortunately selling on this forum takes some time, and when I tried I had no time left for the first "bump" cause I had to leave the country in a week...
Next time I fly home I will try to communicate beforehand, letting people "book" in advance the lenses they are interested in.
Of course only duplicate lenses will be on sale... I guess I have a psychologic block that prevents me from going any further