Anyone Using Takumars?

[jpr2]

Mine is the chrome-plated nickel type...not sure how you are
suggesting I separate parts of the adapter? I noticed a couple of
nicks and imperfections in the metal on the Takumar lens side surface
and and a significant pit on the EOS side of this particular adapter,
but do not know if this is causing the problem. Also, wonder if the
position of the stop screw could be the problem, since I sometimes am
able to wiggle the adapter into a positioni that works

if you'll follow the excellent link to that e-bay place of Dale's:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1029&message=27401505

there are quite few photos of the both adapter with various confirm chips
glued to them, and also several confirm chips of different types separated
from adapters. As your's one is chrome, the black confirm chip stands out rather
well I guess )

and mechanical side is perhaps not what might be causing your problems,
have you considered photographing exact chip's contacts positions on every
of these adapters as suggested before? this should very easily isolate a
possible cause[es],

good luck,
jpr2

 

[Dale Buhanan]

however, with manual lenses seating on third party adapters, and using
confirm chips, things are getting quite interesting - esp. as it is
very easy
to discover, that one is getting quite often a good focus and a crisp
confirmation beep at as little as f/8, and sometimes (in a good external
light) even as little as f/11 - and I'm not kidding, you'd be able to
check it
out very soon indeed;

That is interesting, and very good to know. I contacted the tagotech about the adaptor I am getting from him and asked about lens indexing. He mentions in his ad that the Zeiss Jena lens centers on the adaptor, but other lenses may not. I asked specifically about Takumars, if they centered and if not how far off were they. He said that Taks are about 20 degrees rotated from center, which isn't a show-stopper, but I wish they centered. Are you aware of am adapter out of your many varieties that centers with Takumars?

There is a very interesting link, which is quickly becoming my favorite
Citation Classic on DPR, and for a good reason too:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=26696220
about an accuracy of AF, the ways it is supposedly implemented, and some
problems. Esp. specific to the 40D's implementation, which is very
akin to
the one installed in 1DmkIII.

That is good information. Thanks for sending the link. I'll read through it carefully.

sorry for my rants [just analyzed about 1k of shots from last outing

• what a

mixed bag: many excellent ones, yet messed by quite puzzling assortment
of bads; not something I'd expect as a normal level after over 6 months
of a heavy experience with my 40d - just over 31k actuations]

Wow! That is a LOT of shooting! 31K. Goodness! Are you assortment of bads mostly from focus issues, or does exposure issues take a substantial toll as well?? I would expect your focus accuracy with the better screen to be better than what I will achieve watching the blink...
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kind regards
Dale

 

[Dale Buhanan]

this was the way I "fixed" two of mine six adapters - no problems
whatsoever afterwards; just not good enough electrical contact
was their only "problem",

Of your six adaptors (and I assume some of them are from different venders) Which brand do you think are the best in construction and performance? How dies the tagotech version stack up?
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kind regards
Dale

 

[jpr2]

Of your six adaptors (and I assume some of them are from different
venders) Which brand do you think are the best in construction and
performance? How dies the tagotech version stack up?

Dale,

now it is already seven (eight really, but one discarded as completely
useless, the hartblei's PK-mount to EOS), but only 3x are M42 = one
from Fotodiox, and two from Far East (no name really, as what we
see on e-bay are just vendors usually and not producers). FDx works
quite well, but is is not yet blackened to my satisfaction, so I postponed
gluing a confirm chip to it till it is done;

of the other two one is perfect, and one (which by the way is not
centering some of my M42 lenses; the other adapter centers them all)
is waiting to be sanded a bit to give infinity on the 35/2, and to allow
mounting the 50/1.4 Taks. So, the story is mixed, but this is part of the
game = shipping them over to vendors and expecting waits
and replacements (if any) is just beyond my patience and will to
bother, they are not worth this much to invest even more into
postage etc,

jpr2

 

[wildplaces]

FYI, Jack, Roxsen never returned my email inquiry...been 2 weeks, so I'm writing it off...one of the four purchased AF M42 Adapters was bad

wildplaces
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[filmluvr]

Thanks for the followup. Sorry to hear that they didn't take care of you on this. FWIW, I received my Nikon/EOS chipped adapter a week ago and have been playing with a few of my old MF lenses. Most haven't been as useful as I hoped, but I think one or two will be keepers. I'm still interested in trying a 50mm Takumar, or maybe one of the early 55/1.4 Mamiyas.

Jack

FYI, Jack, Roxsen never returned my email inquiry...been 2 weeks, so
I'm writing it off...one of the four purchased AF M42 Adapters was bad

wildplaces
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