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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-28-2019, 11:48 PM
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Thank you and congratulations. Yes, the Helios 44-2 photo did have some contrast and color boost. I did most of this in-camera (K-1), as it was taken on holiday. The good news is that the lens is centre sharp wide open and the raw/jpeg images can handle quite a lot of pp - which they normally need, but I think you'll find the results are worth it. It's a fun lens.
Thank you! Here are two more from interesting bokeh lenses with the K-1; both radio-active, like the Pancolar above. A Tomioka Auto-Revuenon 55/1.2 and a Yashica Yashinon 50/1.7
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-28-2019, 07:50 AM
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Two of my favourite bokeh lenses (amongst a dozen other favourites!) - the Helios 44-2 and the Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-28-2019, 01:00 PM
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Nice! Is this the K mount version? I've been enjoying the M42 version Auto Revuenon 55/1.2 recently.
And for something different, a Helios 44-2 with a home made starburst filter.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-24-2019, 01:22 PM
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Some singing lines and patterns at f1.2 from a Tomioka Auto Revuenon 55/1.2, M42 version.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-10-2018, 10:55 PM
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K-1 and Takumar 200/3.5 wide open, with its 18 blades unused...
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-04-2018, 12:24 PM
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Railings bokeh from two very different lenses.
A radio-active S-M-C Takumar 50/1.4
And one of the legit. bokeh monsters, the Helios 40, 85/1.5
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-11-2017, 07:26 AM
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K-3 and Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8, with autumn friendly radio-active glass.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-22-2017, 12:48 PM
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A lens with pixie dust. An early version Helios 40, sitting on a Spotmatic, and snapped by a Helios 44-2.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-01-2017, 03:16 AM
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Catch!
K-3 and a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Oreston 50/1.8. And the same lens, with a Raynox M250 attached.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-29-2017, 12:12 AM
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Auto-Takumar 55/1.8 and K-3. These railings are a good test of a lens's bokeh.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-22-2016, 03:53 AM
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Seasonal bokeh and greetings from an Auto-Takumar 35/2.3
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-08-2016, 05:11 AM
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I'm a big fan of the bokeh produced by the Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8, radio-active version. Here it's enhanced by additional glass - a street sculpture by the bridge leading to Windsor Castle.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-29-2016, 12:32 AM
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Belt buckle bokeh, with a K-3 and A 50/1.7
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-26-2016, 08:38 AM
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The Temple of Athena at Paestum, in Italy, taken with a K-3 and Tamron 17-50mm
...and a poppy field outside Naples, by an A 50/1.7
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-03-2016, 06:55 AM
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Some soft bokeh from a Pentacon 50/1.8. Raindrops on railings
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-24-2016, 11:52 PM
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A waterfall of light, taken with a Helios 44-3
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-05-2016, 02:57 AM
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Spring colours, from a Carl Zeiss Biotar 58/2, 17 bladed version plus pp..
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-17-2016, 03:05 AM
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Rainy day bokeh by a Pentacon 50/1.8.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-05-2016, 01:44 PM
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Many thanks. I'm not sure of the precise optical design of the early Super-Takumar versus the K55mm f1.8. But what I do know is that the earlier lens has fewer coatings and fewer aperture stops, and results wise, the bokeh is different - busier and it "glows" more. The later SMC Takumar 55/1.8 is more alike the next generation K version, although even that is slightly different in my experience - it's warmer.
Here is a photo by another Super-Takumar gem, the 8 elements Super-Takumar 50/1.4
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-03-2016, 09:41 AM
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@ zzeitg, great bokeh photos! Here's some black and white fence bokeh by a Super-Takumar 55/1.8
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-11-2015, 03:54 PM
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High Fidelity by a SMC Takumar 55/1.8 and some High Contrast in-camera processing.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-28-2015, 10:13 AM
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If the glove fits...a K-3 and SMC Takumar 55/1.8.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-13-2015, 01:45 PM
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Many thanks JP, and congratulations on that wonderful Tair 11A find. And thanks also to everyone else who liked my S-M-C Takumar photo.
I don't have a 85/1.4, but I have a K 85/1.8, and it's super smooth in the bokeh department, so I guess a 1.4 could be even smoother. Here's one from the long gone days when I thought it worth (c) signing photos.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-30-2015, 08:41 AM
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Some Super Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 bokeh (its nearly all bokeh really...)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-10-2015, 04:08 AM
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100% agree and here they are, up to the SMC Takumar 55/1.8.
They early Auto-Takumars create quite unusual bokeh. This is by an Auto-Takumar 55/2.2
And one by a Helios 44-2.
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