What's an LX worth?

[P. J. Alling]

The Takumar Bayonet 135 f2.5 is a K mount, (no A setting), introduced in 
1980 three years before the Super Program/Program A according to Boz's K 
mount site.  The site has some new updates in case anyone is interested BTW.

Jostein Øksne wrote:

>IIRC, the Takumar name was not resurrected for bargain lenses until the "A" era.
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>Jostein
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>On 10/5/06, P. J. Alling <webster26 at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>I sufferers by comparison to the SMC P 135mm f2.5 which is legendary.
>>Asahi originally used the Takumar name on their top line of lenses back
>>in the M42 mount days.  When the K mount lenses were introduced they
>>changed the lens line name to Pentax.  The Takumar bayonet lenses were
>>their bargain line, most were made by third party manufactures and
>>lacked the SMC coatings.  The Takumar Bayonet 135 f2.5 is probably an
>>all right lens, quite a few members of this list have used and liked
>>it.  But it's not as sharp, since it doesn't have SMC it's flare
>>resistance suffers, it's not as well built, and it has those silly
>>colored f stop markings< (God what were they thinking when they did that).
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>>J and K Messervy wrote:
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>>>What's wrong with the Takumar bayonet lens?  From using it, I reckon it's a
>>>great piece of glass.
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>>>From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <kavousan at epcc.ed.ac.uk>
>>>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml at pdml.net>
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: What's an LX worth?
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>>>>On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
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>>>>>If your 135/2.5 is the SmC Takumar screwmount (either
>>>>>of the two varieties available), I'd start it at $125. If it's an
>>>>>earlier screwmount, I'd start it at $60.
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>>>>As it is the Takumar Bayonet, great demand may not be there, I am
>>>>afraid. The LX however... :-)
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>>>>I suggest that you do a search on eBay for completed listings for
>>>>these items to get an idea of prices.
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>>>>Good luck!
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>>>>Kostas
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