Vintage Lens Review | Super MC Takumar 135mm F3.5

A concise review after use with mirrorless cameras (sample images provided)

READ ME: Discover why I highly recommend these vintage lenses for your collection! This review series focuses not on technical specs, but on the lens’ unique character, quirks, and my personal experiences with each.

Impressions: A trickly length to use, but rewarding when it works. You will sorta have to make a point to take this lens out, and other lenses wouldve probably gotten you a similar shot easier. The shot you get though, if you nail it, will be SO SO SO worth it. Trust me.

Size/Weight: Small (especially for a 135mm lens), easily pocketable

Favorite Usage: Its a longer 105mm, and it’s AHmazing with flowers and single item focus shots. Don’t let the F3.5 fool you, it’ll obliterate the background if you get close enough to your subject.

Issues: 135mm is sometimes an awkward focal length. It doesn’t have the reach like a 200mm would, but somehow feels just as overly…