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Hi, the misses brought me a Fuji XE-1 as a wedding gift, i have been meaning to get one for a while and have hung onto two M42 lenses i have for when i did.
These were:
Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 made in japan
Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 made in japan
nether have SMC coating, and i do get lot of flare with 50mm.
Arriving saturday is a:
CARL ZEISS JENA 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON DDR AUTO MC
This gets good reviews and on the XE-1 will be about 53mm so much more usable then 50mm.
Now i managed to pick up a case of lenses and bits as job lot, not really sure what was in it, but knew is was screw fit and had at least 3 lenses, these turned out to be M42 fit:
Auto Reflecta 55mm f1.7 made in japan
Auto Chinon 135mm 2.8 made in japan
Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro made in japan
also got 2x converter
extension tubes
2 x flashes
and few other bits.
So now i have:
Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 made in japan
Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 made in japan
CARL ZEISS JENA 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON DDR AUTO MC
Auto Reflecta 55mm f1.7 made in japan
Auto Chinon 135mm 2.8 made in japan
Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro made in japan
Will be keeping the 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON, and would like to keep one of the 135mm though not sure which one?
On the pentaxforums they both close in user reviews, and even though the Auto Chinon has less reviews and slight lower mark the 2.8 and suitability for portraits looks good.
Will test both.
The 50mm on XE-1 not wide enough, and not quite long enough, though have been getting some nice images from it, though with lot of CA and flair in sunny conditions. It gets good reviews, but the SMC version seems to be better.
55mm is getting better at long end, though have not tried it and have not been able to find out much info?
This leaves the Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro, not sure a zoom is going be of much use unless it is very good, the macro is appealing and it does have MC coating.
Any thoughts or experience with these lenses?
thanks
These were:
Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 made in japan
Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 made in japan
nether have SMC coating, and i do get lot of flare with 50mm.
Arriving saturday is a:
CARL ZEISS JENA 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON DDR AUTO MC
This gets good reviews and on the XE-1 will be about 53mm so much more usable then 50mm.
Now i managed to pick up a case of lenses and bits as job lot, not really sure what was in it, but knew is was screw fit and had at least 3 lenses, these turned out to be M42 fit:
Auto Reflecta 55mm f1.7 made in japan
Auto Chinon 135mm 2.8 made in japan
Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro made in japan
also got 2x converter
extension tubes
2 x flashes
and few other bits.
So now i have:
Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 made in japan
Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 made in japan
CARL ZEISS JENA 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON DDR AUTO MC
Auto Reflecta 55mm f1.7 made in japan
Auto Chinon 135mm 2.8 made in japan
Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro made in japan
Will be keeping the 35mm f/2.4 FLEKTOGON, and would like to keep one of the 135mm though not sure which one?
On the pentaxforums they both close in user reviews, and even though the Auto Chinon has less reviews and slight lower mark the 2.8 and suitability for portraits looks good.
Will test both.
The 50mm on XE-1 not wide enough, and not quite long enough, though have been getting some nice images from it, though with lot of CA and flair in sunny conditions. It gets good reviews, but the SMC version seems to be better.
55mm is getting better at long end, though have not tried it and have not been able to find out much info?
This leaves the Miranda 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 MC Macro, not sure a zoom is going be of much use unless it is very good, the macro is appealing and it does have MC coating.
Any thoughts or experience with these lenses?
thanks