IIRC, the Takumar name was not resurrected for bargain lenses until the "A" era.
Jostein On 10/5/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sufferers by comparison to the SMC P 135mm f2.5 which is legendary. > Asahi originally used the Takumar name on their top line of lenses back > in the M42 mount days. When the K mount lenses were introduced they > changed the lens line name to Pentax. The Takumar bayonet lenses were > their bargain line, most were made by third party manufactures and > lacked the SMC coatings. The Takumar Bayonet 135 f2.5 is probably an > all right lens, quite a few members of this list have used and liked > it. But it's not as sharp, since it doesn't have SMC it's flare > resistance suffers, it's not as well built, and it has those silly > colored f stop markings< (God what were they thinking when they did that). > > J and K Messervy wrote: > > >What's wrong with the Takumar bayonet lens? From using it, I reckon it's a > >great piece of glass. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:10 PM > >Subject: Re: What's an LX worth? > > > > > > > > > >>On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>If your 135/2.5 is the SmC Takumar screwmount (either > >>>of the two varieties available), I'd start it at $125. If it's an > >>>earlier screwmount, I'd start it at $60. > >>> > >>> > >>As it is the Takumar Bayonet, great demand may not be there, I am > >>afraid. The LX however... :-) > >> > >>I suggest that you do a search on eBay for completed listings for > >>these items to get an idea of prices. > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>Kostas > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
