Lens adapter guide
How to adapt a vintage lens to a modern digital camera? In order to use a vintage lens on your modern digital camera you will require (in most cases) an adapter. It’s essentially a...
Category: Pentax-K
Asahi Pentax Takumar 55mm 1.8
The Asahi Pentax Takumar 55mm 1.8 was one of the standard lenses manufactured for the Pentax Spotmatic and later for the Pentax-K cameras. The Takumar 55 1.8 was introduced in 1965 for the Spotmatic...
Asahi Pentax Takumar 135mm 3.5
The Asahi Pentax Takumar 135mm 3.5 Super-Multi-Coated is a solidly build japanese made telephoto lens that was originially manufactured for the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic cameras. Its’ main competitor is certainly the Carl Zeiss 3.5...
Asahi Pentax Takumar 85mm 1.8
The Asahi Pentax Takumar 85mm 1.8 Super-Multi-Coated is a fast portraiture lens that offers great sharpness, a good bokeh paired with above average build quality. As all the other Takumar lenses it has great...
Asahi Pentax Takumar 50mm 1.4
Don’t be fooled by their modest price tag – Takumar lenses are great! I have the pleasure to own a few old Pentax Spotmatic cameras and lenses – they are all great. Both the...
Asahi Pentax Takumar 28mm 3.5
The Asahi Pentax Takumar 28mm 3.5 is a very interesting wide-angle lens. Don’t be fooled by their modest price tag – Takumar lenses are great! The 28mm Takumar is an undervalued little gem. I...
Helios 44 58mm f2 lens review
The Helios 44 58mm f2 is one of the most mass produced lenses ever. Although the production has since stopped, there are still millions of them around making it a very affordable alternative. The...
Pentax K mount adapter
The Pentax K mount (also called PK mount) was introduced by Pentax in 1975. It is a bayonet type lens mount that was used by Pentax as well as a large amount of other...
