[Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135

[Jim Nichols]

Steve, to answer your questions, yes, there are adapters.  If you want 
class, you can buy a Novaflex for $158.  If you value your money, 
Fotodiox has M42 to Fuji X for $20, and M42 to Sony for $21.

In my case, I have M42 to Olympus 4/3 from several years ago, and I go 
that route.  My Pentax lenses were picked up at market prices when I was 
shooting film with a Spotmatic.  I normally purchase Fotodiox adapters.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/1/2015 11:46 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> Hi, Aram.
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>> Thanks for the kind words.  I have an M42 bellows, and also a set of extension tubes, but I don't recall trying the 135 on there.  That's something else to but on the bucket list.
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>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>> On 9/1/2015 10:46 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>>> Douglas. When I was shooting Rollei's I had that 135/4 Tessar.  It indeed was a great lens.  I would put it on bellows and that was my go-to Macro setup.
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>>> Jim.  The butterfly photos are amazing.  That Takumar seems to be a very nice lens.  Have you tried it on a bellows?
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>>> Aram
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>>> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Sharp
>>> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 2:06 PM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135
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>>> Blöody good lens. bloody good photos!
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>>> I like the colour rendition of Takumars - not as
>>> clinical as Leica and not as cool and calculating as Zeiss.
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>>> One of my favourite 135s is the Takumar 135/2.5 in M42
>>> mount - comes close behind a Yashica 135/2.8 with
>>> CY-mount and a miniscule 135/4 from Voigtländer/Rollei
>>> which really sparkles.
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>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
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>>> On 31.08.2015 20:55, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>>> The second one Jim, it's somewhat magical.
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>>>> Jim
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>>>> On 8/31/15 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>> I captured images of two more passing butterflies using a combination with which I am beginning to feel more comfortable, the Oly E1 and the Pentax 135/3.5, shot wide open.  Both were shot at very close to the near focus limit.  Colors are just as they came from the ORF file.
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>>>>> A Black Swallowtail on the Buddleia Bush
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Black+Swallowtail+E1Tak.TIFF.html
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>>>>> And a Gulf Fritillary, same bush
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+E1+Tak.TIFF.html
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>>>>> Please view the last one Large.
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>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
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