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Takumar Lens4/19/2021
Sign in to see your user information My eBay Expand My eBay Summary Recently Viewed BidsOffers Watchlist Purchase History Buy Again Selling Saved Searches Saved Sellers Messages Notification Expand Cart Loading.Accessibility, User Agreement, Privacy, Cookies, Do not sell my personal information and AdChoice Norton Secured - powered by Verisign.When youre out and about and just doing what you have to do to get the shots you want without thinking too much about how, the size of the lens becomes immaterial.
At no additional cost to you, I may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Theyre inexpensive, solidly built, and give good image quality with plenty of character. Theyre also very close to that 50mm length that you probably know and love. With plenty of those being readily available, relatively cheap, and usually well-made, should you bother with this 55mm Takumar This review will hopefully help you answer that question for yourself. If it does, you can check out all the 55mm Super-Takumars on eBay and over at KEH Camera. Find your Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 today Check Current Prices on eBay Table of Contents History of the Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 How old is my Takumar 55mm f1.8 Using the Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 on a digital camera Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 size and handling The adapter needed for your Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 image quality Street photography with the 55mm Super-Takumar Shooting wide open with the Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 Is my Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 radioactive Why I bought a 55mm Takumar Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 or Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 Buying a Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 History of the Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 Before I bought this vintage lens, the only Asahi I knew was the beer. However, there was once a camera manufacturer in Japan known as the Asahi Optical Co. It was founded by one Kumao Kajiwara who named the lenses produced after his brother, the painter Takuma Kajiwara. In the years that followed, the Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. Pentax, which is now itself a subsidiary of Ricoh. The first lot of Takumar 55mm f1.8 lenses date back to the late 1950s and were known simply as that: Takumar 55mm f1.8. As newer versions were released and used on cameras like the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, they were given prefixes like Auto, Super, Super-Multi-Coated, and SMC. Takumar Lens Manual Diaphragm SwitchHow old is my Takumar 55mm f1.8 If you have a 55mm Takumar and want to know how old it is, you can figure it out by the name and by the product code found on the reverse of the automanual diaphragm switch, if there is one. Mine is a Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 with the product code 37101 which, as you can see from the table below, makes it from sometime between 1965 and 1971. Many new and new-ish digital cameras come with some sort of manual focus aid too. On the Sony mirrorless I use, focus peaking has been an unbelievable help to me. Other manufacturers have this and their own focus assist systems too. If you want to learn more about this and everything else there is to know about buying a mirrorless camera for vintage lenses, this comprehensive guide has you covered. The bottom line though is this: if youve never shot a vintage lens before, dont let having to get out of full-auto put you off. You can learn aperture priority and manual focus without too much trouble. Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 size and handling The Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 itself is not that big, but the adapter youll probably need to use to marry it to your camera (more on that later) will increase the length of the set-up. When put together, the lens and adapter I use are actually a little longer than the (old) 18-55mm Sony NEX kit lens, as you can see below. In my review of the F.Zuiko 38mm f1.8, I talked about how the small size (of the adapter as much as the lens) was something I was very fond of. So does the Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 lose points for being bigger Not for me. I think most photographers slip very easily into taking pictures mode.
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