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Lots of Takumar 200mm lenses for sale. These are the solid, metal constructed lenses with built in shade, with insufficient (in my opinion) close focus capability. They do follow all the standard lenses in filter size, 67mm. Very kind of Pentax to standardize on most of their lenses outside wide angles. Comes the new 200mm with an 77mm filter requirement. Hadn't planned on a bunch of new filters in 77mm. I use Cokin filters when I can, so I will acquire the 'P' series 77mm adapter. Beyond this issue, the new lens focuses a bit closer (150 cm), but not much. The lens seems sharper, but is surprisingly larger than the old lens, though lighter. I am sticking with the newer lens until I have bag size limitations, then the old stock gets used again. Either way, the extension tubes remain necessary.Read full review
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The Pentax later version of the SMC 67 200mm F4.0 is much better than the older one which is mostly overpriced in different web sites. 200mm in 6x7 size is comparable to 100mm in 35mm size when taking in account the horizothal angle, so this is a good short tele lens which do have many usefull areas, like portraits, picking up close ups from bigger groups, even in landscape photo shooting. It is difficult to find any other 6x7 lens which is so good in all areas, it is light, it is cheap, it is quite small, may be the filter thread 82mm is a litle big, but not any problem.
A lens hood is not necessary with this lens. Smaller, lighter and a better over all image than it's earlier version. It allows you to focus in much closer. (4 feet vs 8 feet).
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I use this lens primarily for astrophotography with the Pentax 67. At full aperture, star images are perfect from center to the corners of the frame, a tough test for any lens. I generally stop down to f/5.6 as there is some light fall-off in the corners of any lens at full aperture. This is not a fault of the lens, but simply physics. Infinity focus at the stop is perfect. I have only seen very slight Chromatic aberration at full aperture when star images are looked at pixel resolution, but I am being picky. I would consider this lens apochromatic even though it does not appear to have been built with exotic glass. The Ernostar design is a good one. A lightweight lens compared to the older Takumar version with much closer focusing distance as well. I highly recommend this lens for portraits as you can get a full head shot, not possible with the older Takumar version. Sharpness is on par with the finest SMC 67 lenses out there, including the SMC 67 45mm, 55mm, and the 75mm f/4.5. I'm very happy with this product. - NightflyRead full review
Images from this lens are sharp with. sweet bokeh. Color is outstanding. Only caveat is that it's no light weight. That said, it's a. keeper for me.
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