On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking for an opinion or twenty. My Super-Tak 55/2 finally went down > for the dirt nap. There's a fungus among us. And the little ring that > has distance markings on it is spinning independently of the focus ring. > I'm considering Brian Ayling's repair method. > > Would anyone care to offer up opinions about the Super Takumar 50/1.4 > vs. the SMC Takumar 55/1.8? Thanks a bunch.
Doesn't the Super Tak 50 1.4 have the yellow curse? Or at least many samples do? I have one, and it's great for b&w (look ma, no filter!), but everything looks way too warm in colour (rarely relevent for me anyway). I think that was due to either radioactive rare-earth glass decomposing, or due to off-gas from balsam-based glue holding the elements in place. Whatever, it's a lovely piece of glass - focus ring is smooth like butter. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
