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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-20-2014, 02:51 PM
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Metal is good, and the originals are really cool and well made, but make sure you get a length that works properly with your camera. Not always easy as the original lengths are not always published.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-20-2014, 01:35 PM
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Short answer is yes. All older lenses in my experience benefit from a hood because the coatings (SMC or not) are not as good as modern ones. One thing to be aware of is that the length of the original hood was designed for film cameras. You can use a longer hood on APS-C. No need to get the original if you don't want to, one of the folding rubber ones works just fine.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-31-2013, 04:28 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-24-2013, 01:26 PM
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Love those old cash registers, some were real works of art. And you did not have to worry about anyone stealing them, no one could carry it:)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-26-2011, 10:06 PM
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S-M-C 35mm f/2, k-x in camera HDR,
f/11, 2.5 sec exposure, ISO100, with a circular polarizer and an ND4
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-12-2011, 05:00 PM
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1) Originally, price. A few years ago M42 lenses, even very good ones were available on eBay for next to nothing. If you did not mind screw mount and a manual lens you could buy a lens whose optics were equivalent to a modern lens costing $1,000, although it would be auto-focus etc. of course. For many, myself included, it allows us to see what a 'pro' level lens looks like since we cannot afford or justify the cost of a $1,000 lens.
2) It is important to remember that there are good taks and not so good ones just like any lens series. Buying an SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 and expecting something special is silly. There is nothing wrong with that lens but it was never intended to be a 'pro' level lens.
3) Appreciation of something made well and made to last. I sincerely doubt that many of the new SDM or HSM lens made today will still be working 30 years from now. And if one of my Takumars has a problem I can take it apart and fix it. I would never think of trying that on a modern lens. A lot of things are like that now. If you are still in high school, perhaps you cannot understand how many things used to be repaired in house. Furnaces, cars, lawn mower, oven whatever, we used to just get parts and fix everything ourselves. Can't do that anymore, everything is electronic and needs an "authorized service representative".
4) You can use Av mode with Takumars, which you cannot do with K or M lenses. It isn't 100% accurate depending on the body and lens but it does work, usually with a little EV compensation. Ira will likely tell me manual mode is better and I won't argue with him, it is more accurate but there are occasions when Av comes in handy and it will work with Taks.
5) Build quality / feel? I suppose that is subjective. I just plain like using the all-metal Taks. Nothing wrong with K or M lenses they mostly have good build quality as well but the Taks just feel better to me.
6) Focus ring. Not a real difference between K & M lenses but trying to use manual focus on a modern lens is frustrating as they were designed for auto-focus with short focus throws. The Takumars have a smooth focus movement that is a pleasure to use.
7) Rendering and Bokeh. Not sure if a generic statement can be made here. Especially as some of the K & M lenses are optically identical to their Takumar predecessors. But if you look at a Takumar photo it has a different 'look' than that taken with a modern lens. Vary hard for me to describe.
But if you already have such good lenses as the K 50mm f/1.2 then I doubt you will see much improvement with the equivalent Takumar. And if you believe that using the M42 adapter is a 'pain' then I would suggest staying with K mount. If you can afford f/1.2 lenses then you have lots of other opportunities without having to mess with the adapter.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-11-2011, 04:06 PM
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Suddenly makes things like worrying about old lenses look unimportant.
We have reports of 5 people killed and several others missing due to the Tsunami here on the Oregon coast. I cannot imagine what the devastation is like in Japan.
Prayers for you and yours Mike.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-27-2011, 10:52 PM
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Orchids in Winter
S-M-C Takumar 135mm f/2.5
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-21-2011, 04:56 PM
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S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4
30 second exposure f/1.4 ISO 6400
taken by starlight only
The Sandy River flooded last Sunday and this is the first chance I have had to upload a picture. Finally hiked out, about a mile, to the nearest road where we could park a car. The power came back late yesterday, phone maybe soon. The road will likely be closed weeks to months. This means a daily hike through the woods of about a mile to get the car.
I won't claim any artistic qualities with this, frankly I was amazed it turned out as well as it did. No PP except to resize as I don't have access to the computer at home yet, only my laptop. 30 second exposure looking at a dark river, could only tell what was in the frame after it completed.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-08-2011, 05:35 PM
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S-M-C Takumar 135 f2.5
iso 800 F8 1/800  Sled Dog Races by jatrax357, on Flickr
Sled dog races at Frog Lake this morning. Lots of snow which it made it hard to get clear shots at times. |
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-31-2010, 10:34 AM
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Actually guys, those spots are SNOW! Right in the middle of 13" being dumped on us, the clouds opened for just a few minutes with brilliant sunshine even as the snow continued to fall. If you look close you can even see a bit of a "snowbow". Never saw anything like it.
It was an eerie, moody scene and I'm glad at least some of that came through in the photo.
Jt
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-30-2010, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-24-2010, 06:54 PM
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Not my intention Mike. From the angle I assumed you were not in the truck. No offense intended.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-24-2010, 09:59 AM
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Looks like you got busted on that one Mike. Also looks like the angle is lower than usual, were you in the truck?
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-19-2010, 08:41 PM
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Mt Hood with a fresh coat of snow
S-M-C Takumar 85mm f/1.8  Mt Hood by jatrax357, on Flickr |
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-16-2010, 01:02 PM
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If I had to guess you have something loose inside, possibly the screws that hold the auto/manual switch?? This has gotten into the focusing threads and jammed it up.
At current ebay prices this is around $100 usd give or take. So you could get another, selling this one as parts, try to fix it yourself or send it out for repair. As noted above there are folks on this forum that can do that work. I've done several myself but I would not want to do it on a lens that wasn't mine. I'm just not that good.
Best,
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-15-2010, 11:26 AM
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Barney,
Not sure what a 5D is but I've taken apart and cleaned my 50mm 1.4 Takumar. It isn't incredibly difficult but it is rather fiddly and there are a few gotchas.
Here is a link Disassembly and Cleaning of the F1.4 50mm Super Takumar Lens to an excellent explanation.
Also if you do a search on "repair takumar" I think you will find several other articles.
I don't know what else to tell you without some pictures of what is wrong. But if you can post what the pieces look like I might be able to help.
Good luck!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-06-2010, 09:42 PM
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Ducdao, that last one is riveting. I guess it is because of the black & white but it really tells a story.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-05-2010, 04:37 PM
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S-M-C 200 f/4
Cropped quite a bit and still a little blurry, those things are fast!   |
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-01-2010, 10:54 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-15-2010, 09:45 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-15-2010, 07:54 PM
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I paid $125us for my S-M-C 35/2. Not factory fresh perhaps but hardly used.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-14-2010, 06:24 PM
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Last of the flowers for awhile, should be snowing soon.
S-M-C Takumar 85/1.8
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-29-2010, 02:53 PM
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Indeed a personal preference. I bought a replacement screen for my k-x (not Katz Eye but still expensive) and decided to get the grid lines as well as the split prism. I do not find that it clutters things up for me. The split prism bothers me more than the grid. I do find it improves my composition, mostly because it reminds me that I should be thinking about the composition not because I use the grid slavishly. I often take one shot with the horizon aligned with the grid and another as it suits me.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-20-2010, 08:00 PM
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S-M-C Takumar 35mm f/2
Foggy Mountains as seen from the Bonneville Dam visitors center
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