It is a very long process to clean the Aperture Oil in a Pentax Takumar 28mm 3.5 SMC but it is well worth it as this is a great little lens and are easy to find. Just make sure you have a spanner before you start repairing the lens.
This little, well-built Chinon 55mm f/1.7 Auto lens is a fantastic lens stopped down a bit. It is a little soft wide open but makes a good low light lens with an adaptable M42 mount.
This unique & sharp Helios 58mm f/2 44-2 lens has a nice and narrow mount with the rear element sticking out. This feature makes the lens great for Lens Whacking or Free Lensing. For normal, still photography this M42 lens does a good job and has the 58mm focal length I prefer over a 50mm. This lens is so well built it feels like you’re holding a hefty machine that will take a beating and keep on working.
This Pentax Super Takumar 105mm f/2.8 is a decent lens stopped down a wee bit and you can’t go wrong with it if you find a good deal. Being a M42 mount you can use this lens on some Digital camera bodies with an Ebay M42 Adapter. Also split focus screens from Ebay
make focusing a lot easier!
This Chinon 55mm f/1.4 Auto is fantastic mechanically and optically. There is not a whole lot of talk about this lens and probably for one reason. The rear element sticks out a fair bit and can hit the mirror on certain cameras if your using it on a DSLR with an adapter. However moving the focus away from infinity makes enough room to shoot or with the mirror up.
The Tou/Five Star 28mm f/2.8 Auto MC is not the most exciting lens in the world at all. Color and build were decent but thats about it.
The Pentax Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 Asahi is another amazing example of a really well built M42 Manual Focus lens which Pentax is famous for. If you don’t mind manual focus then this little lens is great for even today’s digital cameras with M42 adapters.
This Pentax SMC Takumar 55mm f/2.0 Asahi is a great little M42 Mount lens with great build and optics. Producing really nice bokeh, this lens is a bargain and are not too hard to find.
Mother this Pentax SMC Takumar 500mm f/4.5 Asahi is HUGE! This lens shows the amazing mechanical work Pentax was famous for. It has great optics at its time and still holds its ground even today.
Now this Pentax Takumar 135mm f/3.5 SMC is a great M42 mount lens with really sharp optics and sturdy mechanics. The has a fair bit of aberrations but is really good for it’s age.
