I just added a FOLDER with an item discussing focal lengths for DSLR's, including some good links. I'd prefer posting these in Word, but this one is in .txt -...
M42 Takumars seem to have found a new life being mounted on digital SLR's, allowing of course for the effective focal length difference. The Zenit thread has...
The major issue is that digital sensors are quite reflective compared to film, so rear element coatings become a much larger issue with digital (this was a...
(In reply) - Thanks for the useful info. Since the 35mm-format image circle is larger than the sensor area on, for example, a Pentax DSLR, the outside of the...
... It's pretty simple. The actual sensor sites sit in the bottom of small wells on the sensor chip, so if the light isn't close to perpendicular, it will...
Well my experience is unless you are using FF DSLR or your M42 lens had a rather protruding rear element ( and very possibly high curvature + simple coating...
(In reply) - I happened to drop a line to Kelvin about some things in general, since the Spotmatic thread moderators were getting a little twitchy about...
(Asked earlier, but did not notice an answer to this point) How about color rendition? Are the made-for-digital lenses made to produce a "spectrum" that's any...
Just for purposes of clarification, I would like to add that while I have no objection to Philip's suggestion below (within reason), I still think the spottie...
I like it and mine is very sharp. http://bookpc.no-ip.org/webby/gallery/my_world/f1000029_002 http://bookpc.no-ip.org/webby/gallery/album04/f1000028 ... a LOT...
Color rendetion as color redition goes, is very much a lens to lens isuue AFAIK instead of anything to do for real with digital vs film lens. Most of older...
Well, any of the DSLR have that auto nothing M mode anyway ... and speaking of using M42 lens on DSLR, I suppose other than the Nikon adn Leica, you can really...
(In reply) - To me, the "short version" sounds like the DSLR will allow adjustment of the color, so it's really irrelevant what the lens does, color-wise. I'm...
(In reply) - Pentax seems to be placing the K100d as a "starter" model, one with SR/IS and one without - but the internals remind me of the 1st DL with...
I have just acquired a Spotmatic SPII from my Father with 50mm and 35 SMC takumars. I would really like to acquire some more lenses, obviously takumars will...
These lenses (actually a plus-10 lens in a plastic tube with waterhouse stops) go for $50 and up, because people don't know that they are T- mount, and will...
(In reply) - Nearly all M42 lenses will work (some preset and some auto diaphragm) - one Spotmatic owner ran into a warning in a manual on the Fujica EBC lens,...
You have acquired and excellent camera and lenses. Rather than taking a "punt" on non-Takumar lenses, I would stick with the Takumars as these are superb...
it should my first 35mm M-42 was an east German Enna Lithagon (Munich) UGLY THANG! $10.00 IN 1964 The only thing pretty was the leather case It's yours if...
... The others generally aren't as good as the Takumars but they fit and they work in the modes for which the Spotmatic II was designed. However, those lenses...
Phil I have a 1.4 auto Rikenon that looks exactly like each of my Pentax 50 mm normal lenses I have often wondered whether Pentax issued a spec to a lens house...
... Fujica EBC's have extra hardware on the mount for metering on late Fuji bodies. They may not mount fully on other M42 bodies unless the extra tabs are...
(In reply) - Ricoh is (and was) a fine company, still is business in copiers and other products, dating back to 1936. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh I'm...
Ricoh outsourced much of their camera gear. I've got an excellent XR Rikenon 200/4 in K mount that's an obvious rebadge of the Pentax SMC-M version (there's...
(In reply) - Could well be - a Cosina pops up for sale once in awhile that's a dead ringer for the Mamiya Sekor TL/DTL. Yet, Rikenon's M42 lens internals were...
In my oppinion the Flektogon 35mm is a superb lens, much better than the Takumar. It's much more sharp, the bigger aperture makes it easier to focus and it...
Thanks for the replies, most helpful, it seems then that most will fit (as does my new preset pentacon) with a few exceptions. My first roll of film back,...
(In reply) - The Spotmatic is heavy? Perhaps compared to a plastic K-mount, but not amongst the M42's. I can think of several heavier, including the Memotron...
Thanks for the info! Thought id read somewhere that the SPII was into the 700s body alone. Certainly not much chance of camera shake with these :) I was...
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