want to buy 135mm lens of quality for pentax dslr
May 19, 2015 13:36:18 #
would like to buy any good quality prime 135mm for dslr PENTAX K-mount. auto/manual focus o.k.
May 19, 2015 13:50:59 #
have one for film camera , spotless .smc pentax M 135mm 3.5 asahi opt co , japan number 6406200
May 19, 2015 13:59:33 #
I have one also but it does not focus automatically. It is a good sharp lens and I enjoy using it for portrait work. It can be a bit long because it was made for film not for Pentax digital.
agillot wrote:
have one for film camera , spotless .smc pentax M 135mm 3.5 asahi opt co , japan number 6406200
May 19, 2015 14:38:07 #
i got one from an ebay source, very bad picture quality(takumar= made in Taiwan) 135mm 2.5. just lousey I'm thinking I might have to go NEW. How about a riconon 135, new....ANYGOOD??
May 19, 2015 15:02:07 #
digit-up wrote:
The best source for information on K-mount lenses is the Lens Reviews and Lens Information section run by the Pentax Forumwould like to buy any good quality prime 135mm for dslr PENTAX K-mount. auto/manual focus o.k.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/pages/user-equipment-reviews.html
May 19, 2015 15:09:25 #
digit-up wrote:
This is kind of strange. "Takumar" is the name originally used by Pentax for the high-quality lenses they made themselves, in Japan, for their M42 mount (screw mount) that preceded their K-mounti got one from an ebay source, very bad picture quality(takumar= made in Taiwan) 135mm 2.5. just lousey I'm thinking I might have to go NEW. How about a riconon 135, new....ANYGOOD??
May 19, 2015 20:22:16 #
my initial introduction to pentax lenses was in vietNam 1968. tacumar were not an improvement on those super multi coated lenses. there have been some fantastic pentax lenses since.. i have many of THEM. But i:m wondering if ROKINON didnt make some of the better :PENTAX: lenses for the parent compaany????
May 20, 2015 13:10:08 #
rehess wrote:
This is kind of strange. "Takumar" is the name originally used by Pentax for the high-quality lenses they made themselves, in Japan, for their M42 mount (screw mount) that preceded their K-mount
I gather that is true, the best M42 lenses by Pentax were labeled Takumar, but when they started making K mount lenses they labeled them SMC Pentax. Then they brought out a cheaper line labeled Takumar. I have a 135mm f/2.5 Takumar I thought it took good pictures when I used it for film, at least looking at the slides. After getting a digital camera I tried it but the image quality was quite poor. I checked it for signs of damage being dropped, coming apart but could not find any sign of what happened.
dsturgis
May 20, 2015 13:12:54 #
rehess wrote:
This is kind of strange. "Takumar" is the name originally used by Pentax for the high-quality lenses they made themselves, in Japan, for their M42 mount (screw mount) that preceded their K-mount
who all ever made lenses for the pentax "BRAND"???RJM
May 20, 2015 14:58:47 #
digit-up wrote:
Asahi Optical company began by making lenses, including some for cameras made by other companies. Later they branched out to making cameras also, which featured a pentaprism as an integral part of the viewfinder, and adopted the brand name "Pentax" for their products. They came into hard times around the time that autofocus cameras became common, and eventually Hoya bought up the entire business. Many Pentax loyalists felt that Hoya had little interest in the photography part of the business, and recently Hoya sold that part of the business to Ricoh.who all ever made lenses for the pentax "BRAND"???RJM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax
May 21, 2015 02:56:26 #
The camera I learned to shoot with was a SP500 Pentax. Must be a 1965 vintage with the M42 screw mount lens. It was my father's and I added it to my Pentax collection when he passed.
rehess wrote:
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