Tfhe 35/2 is a great lens, but it's prone to the yellow glass syndrome.
Make sure the front element hasn't yellowed before buying one of these.
The 50/1.4 that you already have is great, and you're correct about the
85/1.8. The SMC Tak 200/4 is a real bargain and quite good. The last
version of the SMC Tak 135/2.5 is very good as well. It's hard to tell
it apart from the early version, which has one less element and is
slightly smaller. The 105/2.8 and the 120/2.8 are super. The 24/3.5 and
28/3.5 (all of these in SMC Tak) are quite good. The 35/3.5 is very
good and quite plentiful. I owned the 300/4 at one time and was quite
pleased with its performance. It comes with a tripod mount and hood.
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My late father-in-law left me a pristine chrome Spotmatic II with a
S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4 and a few accessories. The meter even works! I
was checking some of the usual sites, but could find little
information regarding which lenses to look for and which to avoid. I
did read the 85 f1.8 is a great lens and Mike Johnston just wrote that
the 35 f2 is pretty good, but that's about it. If you could point me
to a site or have an opinion I would like to hear it. Thanks.
Jim
