[Leica] 200mm

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Hi Jim:

Jim:

I have that one too, but I used the older 200mm because I wanted to see 
if its reputation for good bokeh is accurate.

http://www.half-fast.com/Takumar-200/Takumar-200.jpg

I counted 18 aperture blades... which was a big surprise to me.

It's pretty easy to use with the isDS set on aperture priority.  For the 
following photos I set the ISO to 1600 so that I could shoot at f5.6 to 
f11, but with fast shutter speeds to catch the movements of the swimming 
birds.

http://www.half-fast.com/Takumar-200/

As you can see, I'm no Doug Herr or Bob Palmieri. ;-)

The first picture was an attempt to show the bokeh, the buildings were
about 1/4 mile away from me.

It's a nice lens and it doesn't show any chromatic aberration but "it 
ain't no floater".

Jim

Jim Nichols wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> Mine is a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 200mm f/4 which has six blades.  I 
> purchased it used, so I have no idea of its place in the Takumar 
> lineup.  I used it to reach out to some airplanes that were behind the 
> ropes at a local airshow, because they were taking part in the flying 
> display, and it delivered sharp images.  I have not used it a lot, but 
> it seems to be a better short tele than the 135mm I previously used.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA