robert_reiss Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 A mint specimen of an Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 24mm F3.5 screw mount/M42 lens sold today on a well known auction site for $242.50. This amount is about double what I would expect to pay. Am I off base? I was thinking about using it with the appropriate adapter with my eos system, but at that price I would be just as well off buying an eos lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titrisol Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 $242.50 is about 4 times what I'd expect to pay. And I have one of those, still in the box ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_stark Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 If you think that's bad, try buying the 20mm/f4.5 Super Takumar! I could see that price for a mint 24mm - I've seen them come near that on eBay before, particularly if they have the shade, caps, case etc. too. A few weeks ago I looked at one at a camera show for $225. I put it back, cause the diaphragm was slow and gummed up - a very common problem with Takumars. A more common (IMHO) wide for M42 are the 20/2.8 and 20/4.0 Zeiss Jena Flektogons. They tend to run a little less. But I don't know of any extreme wide for M42 that's worth having that comes at bargain prices. Guys like me who still shoot Spotmatics tend to keep the prices up. www.kevincameras.com has some esoteric stuff (including a 20mm Super Tak for over $300) but no 24mm Takumars at the moment. They're just not that common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I had an ST 24mm. Compared to the Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 and the Vivitar 24mm f/2, the Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 was the best (I still have it). Light fall off drom the ST didn't go away until f/8; The Vivitar it goes away at f/4 1/2. I kept the shade fron the 24mm ST as it fits my Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.antiquecameras.net Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 a little OT, but the Canon FDn 24mm 2.8 lens is selling for dirt cheap money on ebay - $ 75-100 and from F5.6 to F16, it is superb ( need to use a hood though ). <p> <a href="http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/">www.antiquecameras.net</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_reiss Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 O.K. Pablo, I'll buy yours for $60.63!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_white2 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I had a 20mm f:4.5 super takumar and it wasn't sharp on the edges, so mostly I used my 28mm. I never could find a 24mm, but the price sounds outrageous. As a comparison to another very good screwmount, I just picked up a beautiful, like new, 135mm f:2.5 on ebay for $25.00 plus six bucks shipping. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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