I sufferers by comparison to the SMC P 135mm f2.5 which is legendary. Asahi originally used the Takumar name on their top line of lenses back in the M42 mount days. When the K mount lenses were introduced they changed the lens line name to Pentax. The Takumar bayonet lenses were their bargain line, most were made by third party manufactures and lacked the SMC coatings. The Takumar Bayonet 135 f2.5 is probably an all right lens, quite a few members of this list have used and liked it. But it's not as sharp, since it doesn't have SMC it's flare resistance suffers, it's not as well built, and it has those silly colored f stop markings< (God what were they thinking when they did that).
J and K Messervy wrote: >What's wrong with the Takumar bayonet lens? From using it, I reckon it's a >great piece of glass. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:10 PM >Subject: Re: What's an LX worth? > > > > >>On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> >> >>>If your 135/2.5 is the SmC Takumar screwmount (either >>>of the two varieties available), I'd start it at $125. If it's an >>>earlier screwmount, I'd start it at $60. >>> >>> >>As it is the Takumar Bayonet, great demand may not be there, I am >>afraid. The LX however... :-) >> >>I suggest that you do a search on eBay for completed listings for >>these items to get an idea of prices. >> >>Good luck! >> >>Kostas >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
