Is this a K-mount "Takumar" or a screw mount Takumar? The K-mount "Takumar" (of which the 135mm f2.5 is one of the most common) is considered to be a very poor quality lens, by Pentax standards... starting with it's lack of SMC coatings. The K-mount "Takumars" were consumer grade lenses and not at all what the true screw mount Takumars were in optical or mechanical quality.
More discussion: http://www.photokb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/photo-35mm/3932/135mm-Takumar-SMCT-vs-K-mount-Takumar Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Following a treat of breakfast at a wonderful little Ethiopian restaurant > here, I stopped by Wings Camera, which sells mostly used stuff, a couple > doors down. Went to the Pentax shelf to see what they had. First lens I > picked up was a Takumar 135/2.5. Over the weekend a couple folks suggested > the Pentax M 135/3.5 as a great, inexpensive option to consider for my trip > to Northern Arizona. > > They'll take $40 for the Takumar, but the Pentax is available from KEH, also > right here in Atlanta, for $45 to $65. I'm wondering if anyone here's > familiar with the Takumar and might have a sense of how it compares to the > Pentax. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
