If you can focus them - these old MF lenses are mega and their use is really satisfying, something that makes the M43 format really interesting and addictive and expands the photographic "hobby" for us mere mortals
Had mine for a while but never took her out (was using the f1.4 instead)
Somehow for close-up subjects the 55/2 does a better job than the f1.4: I can use it wide open with slightly more DOF and have clean bokeh. Stopping down the f1.4 to f2 (or beyond) gives ugly (to me) hexagons in the speckled highlights of the bokeh
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I have the odd situation of having both the Super-Takumar and the SMC Takumar version of this lens. I reckon I should try to figure which one to keep, but today didn't really make it easier:
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SMC Takumar 55mm f2.0 @ f2.8.
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