Are Super Takumar lenses good?
The Super-Takumar is a good looking lens with excellent build and mechanical quality. Optically it has that vintage “character” that some like but others might not. I like its decent sharpness wide open (which becomes excellent stopped down), good CA resistance, and good bokeh.
What is Pentax Takumar?
Pentax resurrected the Takumar name in the 1980s and 1990s for a budget line of zoom and prime lenses that lacked the Pentax “Super Multi-Coating” anti-reflective coating that reduces lens flare. These lenses are marked “Takumar (Bayonet)” or “Takumar-F” to distinguish them from the older screw-mount Takumar lenses.
What is a radioactive lens?
General. There are a significant number of lenses produced from the 1940s through the 1970s that are measurably radioactive. It is the glass itself that contains the radioactive ThO2, and the browning therein is caused by the radiation-induced formation of color centers in the glass matrix.
Who made Takumar lenses?
Optical Coating Laboratories Inc
This process was developed by Optical Coating Laboratories Inc (OCLI) in the USA for aero-photography and adapted by Asahi for every day use. Some of the early lenses were marked Multi-Coated Super-Takumar, such as the 50mm f/1.4 that was shown with the Spotmatic II in the initial sales brochure.
Are Pentax lenses good?
Their excellent build quality and feature-packed bodies are complimented well with some quite excellent Pentax lenses. Pentax users aren’t as spoiled for choice when it comes to lens selection when compared to the likes of Canon, Nikon, Sony, and even Fujifilm.
Are Pentax lenses as good as Nikon?
These two lenses are both high quality, sharp lenses with very similar focal lengths (Nikon =85mm, Pentax=82.5mm when the crop factor of the APS-C is taken into account) and very similar maximum apertures. In almost every shot, the Pentax K-3 had much better color quality than the Nikon D600.
What kind of lens is Takumar 50mm F1.4?
The Takumar 50mm F1.4 is a fast normal lens produced in two “Super” versions as well as two versions with Super-Multi-Coating. Some Super-Multi-Coated lenses with product code 37902 are labelled “Multi-Coated Super-Takumar”, see the fourth photo above.
What’s the name of the Pentax M42 50mm lens?
The rear element is slightly shallower than the earlier lenses. The two final M42 fifties were branded as “Super-Multi-Coated Takumar” or simply as “SMC Takumar.” These lenses featured much-improved coatings and the use of Thorium in some of the lens elements.
Which is the fastest Pentax 50mm 1.4 lens?
The main reason to opt for the 50mm 1.4 Takumar is because it is the fastest lens of the bunch (faster than the Tessar, the Pancolar and the Ultron) and a great allrounder. At the same time it is also reasonably priced at around $100 on Ebay.
Which is better Pentax Super Takumar or Canon FD-mount?
On a purely technical level either variant of Canon FD-mount f/1.4 will outperform the eight-element Pentax, and I suspect the later 7-element Super Takumars will do the same. That said, the eight-element lens keeps working its way into my bag.