Interesting observation. I do have a couple of screw mount lenses, and they are quite petite. I really like my M series lenses for this also. However, I actually prefer the slightly greater girth of the K lenses I own, 30, 50 and 105. That said, I also prefer the smaller M series cameras over the older K series cameras.
William in Utah. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: Pentax M, K, and screw mount lenses > All the talk on this list of the quality of the old screwmount Takumars has > me out trying some. I got an old Spotmatic and picked up 50, 28, and 135mm > lenses along the way. > > I was out taking some pictures with the kit in the cold (5 degree Fahrenheit > and windy) this AM when it hit me. The screwmount Takumars are really > petite. They are about the same size as my ME kit, M50/1.7, M135/3.5, and > M28/2.8. Now I wonder if the old Takumars didn't have some bearing on the M > series creation. > > When Pentax switched to the K mount, the first lenses were bigger and bulkier > than the final SMC Takumars they replaced. The old Takumars were really > elegant as Mike J. and others have said. The new K's were big fat things > with 52 or 58mm diameters and bulky. So what is a logical next step back > then, especially when they were introducing the ME/MX cameras that were so > tiny... Let's go back to the original size lenses we were using, the > Takumars. We'll call the new lenses M series! > > When I photographed some cameras for Bill Robb's 50 year LX anniversary > pages, I was surprised to find the LX was about the same size and shape as > the original Spotmatic. I wonder if the lens designs didn't revert to the > original sizes too. > > Regards, Bob S. >
