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Day Lily taken with new lens.
May 27, 2017 15:12:21 #
I recently bought a new 45+ year old Asahi SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens. This takes me back to days when the photographer was more in control than the camera. I think that this is a darn good lens and produces really good bokeh to boot. I paid $71.00 for it and the condition is near mint.
May 27, 2017 15:31:55 #
May 27, 2017 16:31:45 #
I've never heard of that lens, Streets, but you shown that in the right hands, it's a winner. Beautiful shot of this daylily.
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May 27, 2017 17:06:19 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I've never heard of that lens, Streets, but you shown that in the right hands, it's a winner. Beautiful shot of this daylily.
The lens was the standard lens that came with the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic cameras which were made until 1976. It was the last of the M42 screw mount Pentax cameras that were superseded by the K series. It is still a favorite among many of today's photographers. Many adapters are available for just about all of the name brand digital cameras in use today. There are many fine lenses by Asahi, Zeiss, etc. that are M42 mounts and are available at low prices.
May 27, 2017 17:17:41 #
Streets wrote:
The lens was the standard lens that came with the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic cameras which were made until 1976. It was the last of the M42 screw mount Pentax cameras that were superseded by the K series. It is still a favorite among many of today's photographers. Many adapters are available for just about all of the name brand digital cameras in use today. There are many fine lenses by Asahi, Zeiss, etc. that are M42 mounts and are available at low prices.
Thanks for the info, Streets! Very good to know about the lenses. My husband used to shoot with a screw mount Pentax and still has the camera.
May 27, 2017 19:08:30 #
May 28, 2017 07:36:28 #
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