Best adapter for M42 Super Takumar 1.4 50mm lens?

DMcG

DMcG

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Hey all,

sorry if this is a stupid question but I'd like to know what M42>EF adapter would work best for the Super Takumar 1.4 50mm lens I brought today?

I spent several hours travelling round Berlin trying to hunt an adapter down but all the stores I visited had recently sold out. The last place I tried had two adapters, one with a flange which stopped the lens focusing to infinity and locked up the aperture ring, and the other without a flange that was a poor fit and slipped off the camera when I tried to tighten it.

There are so many adapters to choose from on ebay and amazon and I'd rather not wait 2-3 weeks for delivery if I end up with similar issues.

Someone previously recommended a Fotodix and from what I can tell it doesn't have a flange, would this be the right one to go for with the Super Takumar on a Canon T3i? The lense has a Manual>Auto switch in case that makes a difference.

Many thanks for any advice on this.

Cheers

Dan
 
I have a couple of M42 lens' and all of them work with the fotodiox adapter. I dont have the super tak 50, but I do have the 28 which is also m42 mount. I seriously doubt you will have an issue..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fotodiox-Bl...977?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item518c4495a9

less than $10.. go for it.. whats the worst that can happen, you're out $10 :)

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what other adapters did you find/use that caused issues? Everytime I get a m42 lens I go and buy that adapter right away.
 
Hey Kastro

That's great to know, I think I'll go for it then. The two adapters I tried out today were from this place: Meinfoto

Not sure if the issue was the adapters or the lense, I tried the flangeless one on a zeiss jena 2.8 50mm I had with me and it fitted ok without slipping off the camera like it did with the super tak. It was enough to make me leave without it though.

Thanks for your help.

 
DMcG said:
Great! Cheers Gonzo.
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No sweat. They designed them that way so you wouldn't have to do "stop down" metering.

With the aperture set where it needs to be for the shot it might look very dark through the viewfinder of a film camera (where it can't compensate for ISO and shutter speed like a digital). So to focus you would have to open the aperture all the way up then "stop down" to the correct aperture just before you shot. To fix this problem they made the lens so it's wide open all the time when you look through the viewfinder UNTIL you fired the shutter which depressed a pin and stopped the aperture down to where you had it set for the instant the shot was being taken.

Switching the auto/manual switch to manual disables this and makes the aperture stop down when you turn the ring. Since our cameras can't depress the pin when the shutter fires we have to disable this by either the switch or a flange that keeps the pin depressed all the time.
 
So manual would be the correct setting for the Super Tak once I have the adapter... good to know, thanks again.
 
Hi, glad I found this thread. I recently bought a supertak 35/3.5, 28/3.5, 55/1.8. I found the ebay link above and I think it looks like this one, which is a bit cheaper if I get free shipping (I do notice the 2 to 4 weeks thing). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G4QXN2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

But there is also this silver more expensive type 2 version.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y2Z6X2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I can't tell the difference, except for look?

Can anyone point me the in right direction? Thanks.
 
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