Auto Takumar 55mm f2

Almost sooc, with a Takumar 200mm f3.5 wide open.

a deep freeze for february, a green breeze from august

Camera : Praktica Super TL1000

Lens : Pentax SMC Takumar 55 f1.8

Film : Fujicolor Superia X-tra ISO 400

....is he a relative?

With a SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8

With a Super-Takumar 85mm f1.9. Many parts of the UK are covered in snow today.....but not here in London. This photo was snapped the last time we had a covering of snow in London - last December.

With a Takumar 58mm f2.4.

SMC Takumar 1.4/50mm

Asahi Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 with extension tube

Super Takumar 50mm, f1.4

For me, it doesn't happen often.

But sometimes everything looks right straight out of camera. No edits, not even a crop.

Super Takumar 1.4750mm

Auto-Takumar 55mm f/2.2

SMC_MACRO-TAKUMAR_100mm_f4

Snapped with a Takumar 100mm f2.

Trinity California 2010 Trim Camp

My very first prime lens was a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm f1.8, from 1972. I've very much enjoyed using it on film and digital cameras over the years.

In July 2013, I acquired my second version of this series - an Auto-Takumar 55mm f2.2. And since then I've been researching and collecting other versions - the latest being a Takuimar 55mm 2.2, dating to around 1958.

I've just posted a You Tube video guide to all the Takumar 55mm lenses - it's here if you're interested:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgmA6-diIQ0

S-M-C Takumar 1.8/55

Taken with the early preset version of this lens.

I recently bought a Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 to use on my D90 with an infinity focus adapter. Results are interesting. Wide open, it is very soft and the focus doesn't seem to correlate with what I see through the view finder. I'm not sure if this is the lens or the adapter. Despite this, wide open it has unusual qualities which I like, things seem to glow and look almost more like a painting than a photo.

And, of course, the Bokeh...

Takumar 200mm

Takumar 200mm, f4.0

f4.0 / natural daylight / handheld

Adding to my album of photos taken with a Takumar 55mm f2.2, early preset version. Taken on a lovely bright day...but nearly directly into the sun.

Super Takumar 50mm F2.0. Shot at F8.0.

Super Takumar 1.4/50mm

One of my oldest and rarest M42 lenses - the Takumar 58mm f2, from 1957. The lens has a Sonnar design that was dropped for subsequent 55mm lenses.

S0ny a7II with S.M.C. Takumar 24mm f3.5 lens

Photographed with an Auto-Takumar 55mm f1.8. The black (not zebra) version. One of the most fascinating bokeh lenses I've tried, with a great mix of smoothness and contrast/shapes in the blur.

2/26/2021 Cayce Riverwalk, Cayce, SC

Sony ILCE-6000, Honeywell-Pentax Super-Macro 50mm f/4 (manual focus lens, M42 to NEX adapter)

© 2021 R. D. Waters

Nice and sharp zooming in on the bug! Macro Takumar 50mm f4, early pre-set version.

Asahi Kogaku Takumar 100/3.5

Using the lens with the front element (pictured here) unscrewed.

I've just posted a YouTube review of the lens if you're interested:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCaOWyZbEls

Testing the Takumar 100mm f2