The Takumar Lenses

nparsons13 said:
Here are a couple with the Super-Takumar 35mm f/3.5. I made the hibiscus photo early in the morning soon after the sun had come up. The scenic shot was made later in the morning at f/11 with infinity set at f/11 on the depth of field scale.

Early morning hibiscus by Noel Parsons, on Flickr

Walk by Noel Parsons, on Flickr
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Very nice! There's one of these lenses for sale in Classifieds if anyone is interested....
 
Abbazz said:
You're welcome, kuuan. And thank you for posting these wonderful pictures. Your photographs always have a special meaning to me, as most of the places you picture are very close to my heart.

Cheers!

Abbazz
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dear Abbazz, this is the most heart warming and encouraging comment my photos have received ever, so happy to know that!

which however also does remind me of a question that I have been asking myself: what meaning do photos, that are rather documentary, have for people who do NOT know the places? Without understanding the context, references of the local culture that may give meaning, how much will the photos be understood, and how much judged along preconceptions, projections asf. and rather "misunderstood"?


8 element Super Takumar f1.4/50mm



8 element Super Takumar f1.4/50mm by andreas, on Flickr, taken with Macro Takumar f4/50mm, Pentax K-x


samples on APS-C sensor cams



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, 8 element Super Takumar f1.4/50mm, Sony NEX5n, Saigon 2012


Higanbana by andreas, on Flickr, 8 element Super Takumar f1.4/50mm, Pentax K-x, Japan 2011
 
Super Multi Coated Takumar f1.4/50mm



S-M-C Takumar 50mm f1.4 by andreas, on Flickr, taken with Auto Yashinon-DX f1.7/50mm, Pentax *istDs



all on dSLR Pentax *istDs and K-x with APS-C sensor, I believe all 3 @f1.4, #1 and #2 for sure



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, Bali 2011



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, Vietnam 2010


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax *istDs, Nepal 2009
 
narsuitus said:
@Mike Novak (aka Greyscale),

How does your 135mm f/2.5 compare to the three 135mm f/3.5 lenses?
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I have not really put the 2.5 or the Super-Tak 3.5 through the paces yet, maybe when we are out of the deep freeze I will take them out to play in the sunshine. I absolutely love the other two. Truthfully, I am finding it hard to get the 85/1.8 Takumar off of my camera right now, because it is fantastic.
 
Bingley said:
Very nice! There's one of these lenses for sale in Classifieds if anyone is interested....
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Thanks, Bingley. There are at least two for sale in Pentaxforums Marketplace as well. I think they're generally not as commonly available as the 28s, 50s, and 55s because Pentax users buy them for use as a normal lens on Pentax APSC DSLRs.
 
Super Takumar f3.5/24mm



Super Takumar f3.5/24mm by andreas, on Flickr, taken with S-M-C Takumar f1.4/50mm, Pentax *istDs



on APS-C Pentax dSLR


trusted food by andreas, on Flickr Pentax *istDs, Vienna 2010



pan bhandar by andreas, on Flickr Pentax K-x, Nepal 2010



bricklayer, Dwarka by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, India 2010



inside Quan Am Pagoda by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, Saigon 2011



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, Bali 2011



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K-x, Japan 2011
 
Great photos Kuuan! and it's only from Takumar lenses, man..you have my respect!
Thanks for sharing, now i'm going to my garage to look for my Cosmicar 28mm 2.8 lens (a Pentax made lens)
 
Taipei-metro said:
Great photos Kuuan! and it's only from Takumar lenses, man..you have my respect!
Thanks for sharing, now i'm going to my garage to look for my Cosmicar 28mm 2.8 lens (a Pentax made lens)
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Tapeimetro thank you. I hope and I take it you mean "only" in the sense of "exclusively" ;) Get your Cosmicar!

These all are from +/- 10 years ago. I was using pretty much exclusively Takumars on Pentax dSLR then, in one or the other forum was called Takumar and/ or Pentax fanboy.
I had wanted to use old manual lenses, the S-M-C Takumar f1.4/50 got me hooked on Takumars. For a dSLR, for being small, well handling, powerful but cheap Pentax, at least to me, was the obvious choice.
Once the smaller mirrorless cameras came up I switched and to mostly using smaller lenses they allow for. First Pen-F halfframe lenses, later RF, mostly Cosina Voigtlaender for wide angles and Canon LTM for others.
Regarding optical performance, rather than an objective gain it brought interesting variety, regarding handling, besides the advantage of being smaller that I wanted and appreciate, I rather lost.
Takumars are very good lenses.


hey you by andreas, on Flickr, selfie S-M-C Takumar f3.5/28mm on Pentax *istDs 2008
 
Taipei-metro said:
Yes i mean exclusively; for using Takumar alone you can produce so many excellent photos!
Thanks for your reply
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thanks!

Auto Takumar f1.8/85mm


Auto Takumar f1.8 85mm by andreas, on Flickr, taken with preset Macro Takumar f4/50mm, Sony NEX5n

all taken on APS-C sensor Sony NEX5n 2012

in Taipei


cosplay by andreas, on Flickr

in Hanoi


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr

and in Bali


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr


Legong Dance by andreas, on Flickr



Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
 
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