| Latest Review Posted | Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR/Super-Takumar 135mm F2.5
This lens is a beauty: all metal construction, solid yet elegant, the finish is flawless. It feels fantastic and delivers beyond expectations: sharpness and color rendition are excellent through the entire aperture range, including wide open. Focusing is precise, buttery smooth and really easy thanks to the large focus ring. Aperture control is pleasant to use and easy to set.
For video:
- As mentioned, the focus ring is buttery smooth (yet not too loose: its spot on, just like all Takumars), which is great when you record video: focus pulls become child's play! The throw is a tiny bit long, but it has the benefit of allowing very precise focusing.
- Filter size is 58mm, which can be very practical if like me you use a GH4 and already have bought lenses like the 12-35 2.8 or the 35-100 2.8, which both have 58mm lens diameter. Your NDs and other filters will fit without adapter rings. Great!
- Aperture can very easily be de-clicked if you want that (I haven't done it)
A few caveats:
- No image stabilisation: use on a rig/tripod or suffer micro-jitter, further enhanced by crop factors on M43 cameras
- On M43, keep in mind that your lens becomes a 270mm f:2.5 lens with a normal adapter, or approx 200mm f:2.0 with a lens turbo / speedbooster. That's quite a bit of tele, maybe too much for some. If you use the additional 2x (no quality loss) tele mode for FullHD filming on the GH4, the lens turns into a 540mm or a 400mm lens!
- It's heavy (but not too cumbersome), esp... |
