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Latest Review Posted	Takumar-A 2x Tele-Converter I ended up with 2 of these recently, one that I purchased on Ebay for about $35 and the other was attached to a telephoto that I also bought from Ebay. Main reason I got these was because they have the contacts so that the camera body can still control the aperture for "-A" lenses. These actually worked pretty well. Here's a shot I took with a 100mm FA lens and one of the 2x TCs. https://le5ryw.by3302.livefilestore.com/y3mMPVBAWlOPtpVyR6w-X5ghlx2BhpFS_Kh9S4Q2vw01Gqe-pZFSWV_P5anU2rPU3AFBY8mPxzNih9QGfrsvYlg_i-JRhqhATTejTAORAJjCElsb3mDwEXW_xUuRMH-izbKemfU_68dU4eIHs06barRlGXoSR3vwdnKokJPT-xY3Zs?width=1024&height=683&cropmode=none The above shot was taken on a cloudy/rainy day, outside, and I had an umbrella partially over my head. But then, one night, I was messing around with this TC and a DA 35mm lens, and found that when I shot while I was sitting under the lights above our kitchen table I'd get really bad flaring: https://le5yeg.by3302.livefilestore.com/y3mBNB0VdLImaYWIqHkCVClk6SKKzd5Rm1WQJFkk1Qx0X7r1N57moRyQ37wUYbB8BHbuskitUrchVQab1cmjh-cnx-ZyrB6ebJYW_e1v4eK40ST6AD6uRCPViPz6YnXu8WApUM8zLSm_eLhuWU9dfo2ptnJ9_4Yy3HZIZDWy2lHtsQ?width=1024&height=683&cropmode=none I posted about this here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/315147-strange-exposure-problem-but-only-w-teleconvertor.html As mentioned in that thread, i was able to eliminate most of the flaring by using a makeshift hood and got: ...

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