Pentax M42 at the car show

I have had Pentax screw mount lenses over the years but have always ended up selling them due to not using them much. Recently, I got a call from someone I had not talked to in years, and he asked if I was interested in some cameras and lenses. Of course, with me suffering from "not-enough-camera-itis", I said I was. He used to teach at a local high school and had collected a ton of stuff over the years. Long story short, I ended up with a bin of Pentax M42 lenses, with most of them having duplicates. There is a local BBQ restaurant that has a car show every Wednesday, during the summer, so I took two lenses with me. I have not bought batteries for the two cameras I have in M42 mount, so I took the pics on an Olympus E-M10II body with m42 adapter. Of course, the problem with that is the effective focal length is doubled due to the cameras sensor. The two lenses I took were a 35mm f2 Super-Takumar and a lens I had never seen before, an Auto-Takumar 35mm f2.3. The 2.3 is an interesting looking lens with a beautiful front element. I took some photos with both lenses and will post some here. I mentioned that I have duplicates of some, but they differ in that one is a Super-Takumar and the other in the pair is a Super-Multi-coated Takumar. I am going to keep one of each pair and sell the other, but which should I keep? Going forward, I will be using them on two m42 mount bodies. A Spotmatic and a Fujica ST705w. I know that some M42 lenses work better on some M42 bodies and would appreciate any suggestions.

 

 

 

 

The images in my first post were taken with the 35mm f2 Super-Takumar. The next ones were taken with the 35mm f2.3. If any of you live near Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday nights during the summer are a great time to see vintage cars and have great BBQ. I included a pic from each lens of the 59 Corvette beside the 55 Chevy. There was a guy wiping them down with a clean cloth, so I said "wow, they are both yours?", to which he replied, "neither is mine". It turns out that he is the greatest dad in history and gave the cars to his daughters. Lucky girls.

 

 

 

There was a time when this Pentax forum really shone.

This reminds me of those days.

I have been away from the forums for too long. I got in a rut where I have not been doing much photography, and woke up one day last week and decided I needed to get out and start taking pics again. Pentax cameras, especially the K1000 are special to me. I used to community education courses in photography, many years ago. About 19 years ago, a woman came into one of my classes and had a K1000 her father had given to her years before. Fast forward 19 years and she is my wife. And we still have the camera, although she has not used it since that class. Many years ago, I asked her why she didn't use it. Her reply was "I have you to take pictures". I hope to post more about the M42 cameras and lenses in the next few weeks.

Thank you. More contributions from Pentax owners / users are always most welcome.