p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Also, the other option is the chinon memotron ce ii which will give you aperture priority but prices have climbed up recently.
There is also a 7-element Super-Takumar 50mm F1.4, uses Thoriated glass. The Super-Multi-coated 50/1.4 uses the same formula, just multi-coated and adds wide-open metering.
....a $700 camera to mount a $50 lens on .....
The 8-element Pentax 50/1.4 is uncommon.
Raid- is your lens K-Mount or screw-mount?
Analog photography ceased being a rational undertaking around 20 years ago. Part of its appeal, for me...
The 8-element 50/1.4 is like ly to sell for more than the Thorium glass version as it is uncommon. Check the SN range to verify.
The 8-element 50/1.4 is like ly to sell for more than the Thorium glass version as it is uncommon. Check the SN range to verify.
Just checked my 50/1.4 and it's the 8-element version. Came with a black Spotmatic I bought for $35.00, maybe five years ago.
Jim B.
How did you determine it’s an 8? SN numbers are not a particularly reliable way to do so...
How did you determine it’s an 8? SN numbers are not a particularly reliable way to do so...
This is what I found on the web:
The infrared mark on the lens barrel is to the right of the number 4 (aperture). The stop-down switch is marked A/M, not auto/man. The rear most element is slightly protruding from the barrel, when viewed from the side.
Jim B.
the the super multicoated takumars....like mine, do not have an infra red line on the barrel. also it had auto/man. So I knew it wasn't an 8'er. they are all really nice pieces.
All Super-Multi-Coated and SMC’s were 7’s anyway. Only the Super Takumar line had the 8 element version.
This is what I found on the web:
The infrared mark on the lens barrel is to the right of the number 4 (aperture). The stop-down switch is marked A/M, not auto/man. The rear most element is slightly protruding from the barrel, when viewed from the side.
Jim B.
I am going to buck to trend here and say that I am not a fan of any version of the Spotmatic as a film platform for M42 lenses. Dark focusing screens, heavy, multi-step metering operation, weird batteries for many of them, and the ES and later can only autoexpose later Pentax lenses. Like folks suggested above, the 1978 Chinon CE-3 (autoexposure with every M42 A/M lens in one step, not two), the newer VC Bessaflex (although also "stop down" metering), or an M42 adapter on a good Contax C/Y body are my preferred options.