Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: >A nice way to be remembered, indeed. >I see several with the Takumar 135/3.5.? I still use mine for >butterflies and skydivers. :-) >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA ==================================================== Aside from being sharp lenses, I always thought that, physically, the Super-Takumars were the most elegantly styled lenses around. I liked the type of knurling on the focus rings, and the way that the focusing scales were enclosed in a metal shroud, with that small window on top to show the numbers. All other brands didn't bother with such tidyness. I only have a couple of Takumars now; I gave my late brother most of my Pentax gear when I switched to Olympus in 1982 (I needed to upgrade to bayonet mount lenses, and three of my friends used OM's, so we could share). -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt