Judging by the images in the Pentax Photo Gallery for this lens, ( http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=940 ) it does appear to be a sharp one. It is apparently the equivalent to the Pentax-F 70-200mm, except lacking the SMC coatings (allegedly).
You have to love bang-for-the-buck lenses! On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking about a compact tele zoom to use as part of a walking around > kit, and it occured to me that one of the very first AF lenses I every > bought - the Takumar F 70-200 - struck me as a super sharp zoom at the time. > Found one at a good price on line and it just arrived today. First tests > with the K-3 are really promising - sharp, snappy AF, small, light and > compact. The lens is in pristine condition down to the "Takumar" press on > lens cap... My 80-320 was a bit big but worse has gotten increadibly LOUD > with a high pitched gear-whine noise when the barrel rotates. The 70-200 > f2.8 is bigger than I want for this use... > > I think this lowly Takumar F might be just the trick! > > Mark > > -- > 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
