Asahi Pentax Auto Takumar 105mm f2.8 Prime Lens M42 Fit - READ

An fairly rare Pentax prime lens with some minor issues, but still useable.

We note three small issues.

1. The front and rear elements have a number of cleaning marks.

2. The focus ring is slightly stiffer than it should be

3. The diaphragm blades don’t stop down as quickly as they should*


* The third issue is not relevant if this lens is used with an adaptor on a digital camera. The aperture control is an early one where the diaphragm ring is set via the ring, and opened up with a spring-loaded lever prior to a photograph being taken, but only on early film cameras. On film cameras using M42 lenses, the diaphragm is stopped down via the pin on the back of the lens. On a digital camera, this lever is not used, and the aperture controlled by the ring only.


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Details:


Quite a few cleaning marks to the front and rear elements

No fungus

Focus ring a bit firm in operation

Aperture ring smooth in operation

No oil on blades

Diaphragm stopping down slightly slower than it should

Filter ring not damaged




A note about dust:


Dust is everywhere in the environment, unless one lives in outer space. Occasionally new participants to photography believe that dust in a lens is a fault and question us about it. It is impossible to find a used lens without dust, and even new lenses have some dust. Dust is out of the photographic plane and simply will not affect a photograph. The only dust that will affect a photograph is that on a DSLR camera’s sensor which is in the photographic plane. Indeed, there will be some naturally occuring dust floating in the space between the lens and your camera’s sensor and this will not affect a photograph as it is 'averaged out'.


Dust is only a cosmetic issue and does not affect photographs. For this reason, we do not mention internal dust in a lens unless there is a lot of it, or if there is a large particle.


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