SMC Takumar 1.885mm very well built mechanically, real competitor of another famous lens: Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1.880mm.
Smc Takumar Lenses Full Aperture MeterPerform well as close-up and portrait lens.This lens have full aperture meter coupling (for Spotmatic-F, ES full aperture metering system).It has a little tricky Auto-Manual switch you can switch to any position if lens mounted on right Asahi film camera.In any other situation to change mode need to push a little button on the mount surface.Almost every maker best lenses are in this focal length I have many of them like Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f1.5, Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 80mm f1.8, Nikon-Nikkor-H 85mm f1.8, Helios-40 85mm f1.5.They have not much quality difference, but each lens has own personality.This Super-Multi-Coated Takumar has the best out focus background bokeh from all of them. Biotar 75mm f1.5 the best wide-open performer you cant see any visible difference lens is stopped down or not in sharpness. I have the latest version of Takumar 85mm f1.8 with K-bajonett also, M42 version is significantly better as the price shows on the market. ![]() This lens is a second Takumar in my collection, Takumars are quite rare in Hungary. Much easier to get any Japanese and German lenses than Asahi Pentax lenses in M42 screw. So I am happy to get it, I heard about this lens: great for close-up works, because pretty sharp and focusing distance is quiet short. I found after the test this lens has beautiful bokeh and quite good sharpness. I not recommend for close-up works, just if you dont have money to take better lens for this purpose. This lens has same sharpness than Helios-44 58mm f2 and Biotar 58mm f2. I found it has better bokeh than Helios and Biotar, really close for Pancolar 50mm f1.8. If I need to make an order between this lenses, first place for Pancolar and Takumar, second place for Biotar 58mm f2 and Helios-44 58mm f2. If you need a very good general purpose 50 mm lens, this lens a perfect choice. A very sharp lens,very good multi coating, very high quality, all metal construction (except the rubberized. I really like the SMC Takumar 55mm.f2 lens very sharp with great color rendition. Is their level of radioactivity dangerous Should I buy this lens above Greetingsdvzlettel: Sndor.
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