Here are some photos of the M42 screw mount Auto Tamron 35mm f/2.8 lens I picked up when holidaying in Australia. It cost me $45.00 AUD at Photo Camera House in Adelaide,located in the central markets. After a few sessions with this lens, I must admit that I really like lens. With my M42 lenses, I only have the Takumar’s to compare to so it was surprising how much bigger and heavier the Tamron was compared to my Super Takumar 55mm 1.8, nonetheless, it was nice to have some weight for extra support. The cool thing about this lens is that it has the Auto switch, allowing the lens to be used in Av Mode, allowing greater control of the lens.
This type of lens is hard to find info on, but I did find this review of the Auto Tamron 28mm 2.8 on Jayvee Fernandez blog, A Bugged Life.
*UPDATE* – A Pentax Forums member recommended the site Adaptall-2 about the Tamron Adapt-A-Matic lenses which were replaced by the newer Adaptall lenses. Check out some info on the Tamron 35mm f/2.8.
my golly i wrote that review because it was so so hard to find that lens i currently use. im glad that someone like you was also searching for it.
its really pretty hard to find!
Hey!
I own this lens as well, found it on a jumble sale for 30 SEK, approx. 5 USD, not knowing what camerabrand it was designed for, actually I bought it just for fun, and the fact that “you never know” when it will come in handy. Do you have any idea on how to make it work with Olympus 4/3? It would be the perfect portraitlens for 4/3 if there are were adapters available. If you could reply to my e-mail, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
/Joakim Karlsson, Sweden
It is a great lens and easy to get good results. The lens uses the adapt-a-matic system for fitting on different manufacturer mounts, mine for example has an M42 mount adapter. I would search for an olympus m42 apapter and then you should be able to mount your lens. There are some retailers on ebay selling them, so have a search there.