Infrared photography with takumar lenses.

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The lens suffered from the common Thorium yellowing condition, but several days under a LED desk lamp and most of the yellowing had cleared. The lens hood was a separate eBay purchase via a photography enthusiast in the USA. I purchased this lens sight-unseen from a Kijiji seller out of the Toronto area.

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At $60 Canadian I was happy to take a chance on it. Having done some research online I learned that the Asahi Optics (before they changed their name to Pentax) Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 is a great, low cost option.

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I was looking for a low cost, manual focus portrait lens for my Fujifilm XT2 that would yield approx 85mm full frame equivalent.

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