Ccoppola82
Well-known
The 85mm 1.8 is my favorite portrait lens and the 35 3.5 is a tack driver
I have not used my Super Takumar 35mm f/3.5 enough. When I saw this rare image made with it I was reminded of how sharp it is. FP4 Plus in ID-11 1 + 3 loaded in a Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35S TM.

p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
The Takumar 50 f/1.4. Film is ilford HP5+

Greyscale
Veteran
Super-Takumar 135/2.5

ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
SMC Pentax 35/3.5 lens is the later PK-mount bayonet version of the M42 screwmount Takumar.
All versions are outstanding.
Chris
All versions are outstanding.
Chris
Photon42
burn the box
Got a 6x7 with 55/105/165. Here is a shot with the 105:
Here is she with the machine:

Here is she with the machine:

p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
One more, Takumar 50 f/1.4 on ilford XP2

CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
That's stunning Pan!
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
That's stunning Pan!
Thanks Charles,
One more from that roll - Edinburgh 2008. Camera is a Zenit 12XP

nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Super-Takumar 28mm 3.5

dmr
Registered Abuser
"Positively 12th. Street"
For the most part, I like the Takumar 28-80 zoom. It covers most of whatever I want to shoot and it's reasonably compact. However, when zoomed out wide it does show some barrel distortion, like an almost-fish-eye.
This particular one was shot on the Rollei Digibase film, a C41 film without that amber mask.
Pentax MG.
For the most part, I like the Takumar 28-80 zoom. It covers most of whatever I want to shoot and it's reasonably compact. However, when zoomed out wide it does show some barrel distortion, like an almost-fish-eye.
This particular one was shot on the Rollei Digibase film, a C41 film without that amber mask.
Pentax MG.

charjohncarter
Veteran
I received one of these lenses with a body I bought. I never used it but recently gave it to my grandson with my Pentax K10d. He is going nuts with it.
raid
Dad Photographer
Isn't the 28/3.5 very inexpensive and also very excellent?! Who has it?
Swift1
Veteran
Isn't the 28/3.5 very inexpensive and also very excellent?! Who has it?
Yes it is. I have a S-M-C version that I bought last June for a whopping $30.

Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Asahi Pentax SV
S-M-C Takumar 28/3.5
Kodak Ektar 100
Nikon Coolscan V ED
zuikologist
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Couldn’t agree more. Compact, beautifully made, perform well and seem to like digital sensors. Well done to the photographers too - nice work.
You know the optical characteristics of many of the photos on this thread are in my opinion amongst the best I have ever seen on this site......says a lot for those old Takumars. Honestly if there were not so many around on the market I have a hunch that people would be willing to pay big bucks to get their hands on them.
jawarden
Well-known
Takumar 50f/1.4
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Very nice!
narsuitus
Well-known
Isn't the 28/3.5 very inexpensive and also very excellent?! Who has it?
In 2010, I paid $70 US for one in excellent condition (shipping included).
I use it when I do not wish to put my Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon in jeopardy.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Ilford HP5+
Takumar 50 f/1.4
Takumar 50 f/1.4

charjohncarter
Veteran
Yes it is. I have a S-M-C version that I bought last June for a whopping $30.
Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Asahi Pentax SV
S-M-C Takumar 28/3.5
Kodak Ektar 100
Nikon Coolscan V ED
Nice shot with your 28mm f3.5 SMC Takumar, I have the Super-Takumar version and love it. I've loved it since 1970 when I paid $60 new.
I have the 28mm f/3.5 SMC Takumar, bought new for $158.43 on Jan 8 1972. Four days later it went back to Honeywell for warranty repair of a diaphragm defect, wouldn't open all the way to f/3.5.Isn't the 28/3.5 very inexpensive and also very excellent?! Who has it?
Here's what the Pentax blurb said about this lens:
"A new super-wide angle lens of 7 elements, designed and produced to meet the most exacting of the professional requirements, this is the lens of professionals and advanced amateurs need to shoot more artistic photographs. Equipped with full automatic diaphragm; ideal for architecture, fast action, and artistic photography."
I also have the 28mm f/2 SMCP-M but it's bayonet mount, and not a Takumar. In addition for unknown reasons I later bought the Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon T* ZK, also bayonet mount and large, weighs a ton... 530g!
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