On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Dec 20, 2011, at 18:52, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white light
to see if there's a yellow cast to the elements. The 35/2 Tak is one of the
lenses that may have been built
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Subject: Re: Seek and ye shall find Takumars
On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:32 PM
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I don't use the lens, so I really haven't tried to correct it. I've heard of
the UV light fix for fungus. Don't know if it will cure the yellowing.
It certainly worked for both of the 50/1.4 Super Taks that I have.
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Subject: Re: Seek and ye shall find Takumars
On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Dec 20, 2011, at 18:52, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white
light to see
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Permanently? Or does the yellowing eventually return?
Well, the yellowing being caused by the radioactive element (over
time) it would be expected to manifest it again, if untreated, until
the radioactivity is gone. Not
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Subject: Re: Seek and ye shall find Takumars
Permanently? Or does the yellowing eventually return?
On Thu
On Dec 20, 2011, at 18:52, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white light to
see if there's a yellow cast to the elements. The 35/2 Tak is one of the
lenses that may have been built with the radioactive elements . If so, it
would be
On Dec 21, 2011, at 09:32 , Charles Robinson wrote:
On Dec 20, 2011, at 18:52, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white light
to see if there's a yellow cast to the elements. The 35/2 Tak is one of the
lenses that may have been built with
Reportedly, this cheap Ikea lamp (and probably others like it) are
supposed to be the fastest way to clear the yellowing from Thorium.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10128734/
Click on the Product Information tab to get the requisite specs if
looking for something similar elsewhere.
An old woodworking tools mailing list that I subscribe to would call
this a gloat, but I simply want to share a bit of good fortune with
the Pentax congregation
I just found a Takumar that I have been desiring for a while: The 35mm f2.0
It is a Super Tak, complete with original caps, case,
I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white light to
see if there's a yellow cast to the elements. The 35/2 Tak is one of the lenses
that may have been built with the radioactive elements . If so, it would be
subject to yellowing. No problem shooting digital. It's only
Thanks for the heads-up on that Paul.
I've got a UV curing lamp that runs on 12V that I should be able to
clear it up with.
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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