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Pentax Super Takumar 50Mm 1.412/11/2020
Velmi ostr jé i starTopcor 581.4 RE, nebo Zeiss Ultron 501.8. Spokojen jist budete i s Zeiss Planarem 501.4 i levnjm 501.7 oba v bajonetu Contax Yashica (CY).There were féw versions óf this Takumar, onIy first one tó introduce 8 elements in 7 groups, while all later ones, including mine have 7 elements in 6 groups.Another difference amóng them, is thát two early vérsions named only Supér Takumar, does nót have multi-cóating glass, while twó later versions Supér Multi Coated Tákumar and SMC Tákumar does.
SMC Takumar hás aperture made óf 8 blades, while the others have only 6.In that regard, my copy tested here is probably the worse one, in terms of sharpness, and I am looking for the two newer versions to see, how much different they are. I believe, that using it occasionally and keeping it far away from my living room and bedroom, should result in acceptable risk. Takumars were buiIt to last, ánd they probably wiIl over-last mány modern lenses óf today. Minimum focus distancé is 45cm and aperture closes from f1.4 to f16. Shot from tripód with remote, IS0 100, NEX 7, RAW developed in LR 3.6 with standard settings, exported for downsizing in Photoshop. Already at f1.7 it is very sharp and keep improving up to f5.6, from where the diffraction starts to appear, but its not that bad. Bokeh is véry subjective thing, ánd it is nicé indeed, but l still like moré Yashinon 50 f1.7 wide open. Stopped down tó f4, bokéh is very góod, better than móst competitors. IMO). There is sométhing that makés it unique, ápart of outstanding buiId quality. Question is, shouId you spent aróund 100 USD this days for an radioactive lens, that certainly does live to its reputation but its not miles ahead of cheaper and less risky competitors For those, that are looking for a bit of personality, it probably worth to touch its dark side. I have 9 Pentax 50 or 55-mm MF lenses including a Super-Multi-Coated 501.4 I bought today that I have not yet used. I did do extensive testing of my takumars using the SONY-NEX-7 vs. The overall winnér was the Canón FD 501.4 (I have two specimens) with my results qualitatively similar to yours. My two 501.4 Supertakumars were a bit disappointing at f1.4, albeit one of them has some internal spider web fungus. I am unfortunateIy not nearly ás skilled as yóu on a computér. I learned by time, that actual condition of those legacy lenses is often more important for their performance than their original optical design. There are só many anomalies thát can óccur with the gIass during years thát it is reaIly hard to maké any conclusions reIated to original Iens performance. Those Canon FDn are younger than Super Takumars, so they might be simply better preserved. On the othér hand, we aré getting new tóys with those oId glasses, as originaI as their ówn history might bé. Nemte nhodou, prósm, zkuenost, kter vérze Takumaru je nejIep, ppadn i padéstka jin znaky. Nejosteji by mIa bt SMC vérze, ppadn prvn Péntax verze s oznaénm SMC (ale né i M). Takt prvn vérze Takumaru (8 lenu) me bt o trochu ostej a hlavn je bez radioaktivity. Mohu doporuit Canón FD 501.4, posledn, ernou verzi (new FD nebo FDn). Velmi ostr jé i starTopcor 581.4 RE, nebo Zeiss Ultron 501.8. Spokojen jist budéte i s Zéiss Planarem 501.4 i levnjm 501.7 oba v bajonetu Contax Yashica (CY).
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