Hello,
I'm on the lookout for a portrait lens for my Pentax camera's
(M42-mounted). 85mm takumars on ebay tend not to go below 200$, and I'm
in doubt if this is what I should spend for just hobby photography.
Some browsing on the web, pointed me to other portrait lenses that can
be used, especially these two are now monitored by me:
- Jupiter 9, appearantly a lens which had many lives. I understand it's
very old design, but still produced today. Available as m42 or K-mount.
Rumours on the net are that quality is not stable, but "can" be very
satisfactory. I'm not sure if I the old editions are better than the new
ones, or vv.
- Biometar 80/2.8, actually a medium format camera lens for P6-mount
(Kiev 60,...). Drawback: probably quite heavy, certainly compared to the
Jupiter 9. Advantage: it will probably perform quite well on 35mm,
because the image border areas are cut off (is this a good assumption?)
The jupiter 9 is thrown at your head on ebay for ~40$; for the biometar
(including adaptor), I guess 50$ should be enough.
Has any of you got experience with these (or other non-takumar) portrait
lenses??
What are your advises?
Groeten,
Vic
