Re: Takumar 85/1.8 price

[Paul Stenquist]

There are two Takumar screw mount 85/1.8. The first which is I believe 
marked simply Takumar 85/1.8 is a very early single coated lens and is 
not particularly good. The second is marked "Super-Multi-Coated 
Takumar," and it is very good. It is purportedly optically identical to 
the K 85/1.8, although it takes a larger filter. I've owned both it and 
the K version and found them to both be great performers.
Paul
On Sep 6, 2004, at 6:30 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote:
I've got the chance to get a Pentax Takumar 85/1.8 for 150,- Euro. Is
that a good price and should I go for it? Stan's website shows very 
good
comments on this lens.
I don't think Stan's site has anything like that. If it's the K85/1.8
it is meant to be a good lens. I don't think there is a Takumar
bayonet 85mm lens.
Kostas