Tom, my 1968 guide to Pentax lenses does not show any manual lens in that range. There was an 18mm fish-eye, and a 35mm described as having a "normal" aperture mechanism, and then it's only from 300mm that manual apertures come back in. The normal mechanism is described elsewhere as one where there is neither pre-set nor automatic stop-down, so maybe the 35 is a candidate? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: Re: Takumar 85/1.8 price
> Well, I am not an expert on this lens, but I seem to remember an 85/1.9 Takumar > (preset), an 85/1.9 Auto Takumar, an 85/1.8 Super Takumar, and an 85/1.8 SMC > Takumar. For what it is worth, as I recall, Auto Taks stopped down when you took > the picture but did not reopen until you advanced the film. Super Taks reopened > automatically, SMC Taks were Supers with multicoating. Anybody remember if there > were ever straight manual lenses (not preset) in the 28 to 135 range? As there > were, IIRC, in 200 and up. > > -- > > Fred wrote: > >>The Auto is mainly a collector's item, while the S-M-C is an > >>excellent optical performer. > > > > > > And there even was an 85/1.9 between them (I believe) in lineage > > (and certainly not nearly as good as the sweet SMC Tak 85/1.8). > > > > (Of course, then, some people do like mediocre lenses for portrait > > lenses; but I digress...) > > > > Fred > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > >
