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^^^ awesome! Maybe the distortion is caused by the adaptive lens?

Hey guys, I started to put my takumar outside to get some uv light to reduce the yellowish color of the glass!My question is: do I need to remove the rear cap? I am afraid about setting fire on my home Lol

buggz wrote in post #12516804
- Spiratone 135mm f1.8

My copy of this giant hunk of glass came in Minolta MC/MD mount.
I'm using an adapter from Fotodiox, it has glass in it.
I know this isn't the correct solution, but, I wanted to play as soon as I could.
I am uncertain if the adapter or the lens causes the vignetting I see in my pics.

this ^^^ series of 3 is a pool railing, BTW...

Ooh. I was on the verge of buying one of those myself (I think a "Weltblick" branded model), but the auction went about $50 higher than I felt like paying. I would say that the funky distortion is certainly compounded by the in-glass adapter, but I wouldn't expect it to utterly disappear if you stuck it on a Minolta film SLR. None of the old super-fast 135s (this, the Weltblick version, the Soligor, the Vivitar) are particularly renowned for their optical quality. There's a Pentax K 135/1.8 that's supposed to be pretty good (but copies sell for a hell of a lot more than those others) and a very rare Vivitar 135/1.5 that seems fairly solid for such a ridiculous design.

Basically, you should expect this lens to be "quirky" and learn to love it!

Oh, and if you got it fairly cheaply and really want to have a go at using it a lot, you should ditch that adapter and take a crack at modding it to fit an EOS mount. I've seen a lot of people do it with the famed Rokkor 58/1.2, so it's certainly possible. You might need some serious equipment though! (Or ship it out to one of them)

Here's a page showing just such a mod.

Davivascaino wrote in post #12517652
Hey guys, I started to put my takumar outside to get some uv light to reduce the yellowish color of the glass!My question is: do I need to remove the rear cap?

You must point the rear element towards the UV source, not the front element. The thorium oxide is in the element that is closest to the mirror box and if you have light go through the front instead of the rear it will not clear the yellowing.

Tony-S wrote in post #12518098
You must point the rear element towards the UV source, not the front element. The thorium oxide is in the element that is closest to the mirror box and if you have light go through the front instead of the rear it will not clear the yellowing.

So should I remove the front cap or just leave it on. Because I learned in high school that if you put a lens towards the UV source, you might have fire

Usually how long does it take to clear it up?

No, you won't get a fire if the lens is sitting on its front flange.

I'm not sure how long it'll take yours. I used a high-intensity UB lamp for mine and it clear them up in a day and a half.

I also read an article which said. When placing a lens in bright sunlight to clear yellowing. You should wrap the outside of the lens in baking foil or similar to reflect any heat and prevent any oil/grease in the lens from melting. Not quite sure whether it would get that hot, but prevention is better than ruining a decent lens.

TijmenDal wrote in post #12516009
Can't wait to use it!

adapter already bought?
Helios 44-2 (58/2), F8

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A series from the morning in between my two bachelor parties. Thomas, in the first photo, got kicked in the head by a guy who was fighting with a lesbian pimp. It really was everything we hoped it would be. Shot with Zuiko 28mm f/3.5

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My it's been a while since I posted here. How the thread has grown.

1D3 and Leitz 500mm MR Butterfly.
7d and leitz Cardinal

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I went to explore a local park the other day. All shot on SMC Takumar 1.8/55 on a 5DII.

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I love these guys...85mm Nikkor-H on the 40D

C/Y CZ 50mm f/1.4 @ 1.4 for ~10 photos

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Here's my pic with C/Y Zeiss 50mm f/1.7 @ f/5.6. I had done a shoot-out with compared to Tamron 17-50mm non-VC but it failed because I failed to have the same focus with Tamron :/ It was just a bit off. Circular polarizer used.

my zeiss jena 50mm 1.8 just arrived today.
*my only test subjects that will stay still

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