Takumar - F zoom 70-200 - doesn't fit

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Bought this zoom lens for £12.50 which included postage. I have a Nikon D700 with adapter fitted for M42 lenses. Because I've bought other Takumars and they fit, I assumed that this one would. It is nothing LIKE the others. Help please? Different adapter? It's in immaculate condition.
 
Is it a Pentax K mount lens? Pentax used to have M42 fitments but moved over to the bayonet K mount I believe. Maybe that’s where some of the confusion has come from, I assume they kept the Takumar name despite a mount change!
 
The Takumar name was re-used in the K-mount (bayonet) era for budget lenses. You'd need another adapter (again with a glass element) to make these work on Nikon.
 
Hopefully not a daft question......if you posted a picture or two of the lens mount wouldn't that help those TP'ers in the know to be more explicit with the advice???
 
mossienet said:
This one? https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1242302718...7779&msclkid=d4de2b9d29d0140a6d00749e2f18b3f5
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If this is indeed a K-mount lens. But is it worth the bother to use stop-down metering and a glass element that will further degrade the quality? You've already had a problem with flare that might have been made worse by the glass adapter. And unlike the M42 Takumar primes, this isn't a classic lens. For around the price of the lens and adapter, you could find a third party Nikon-fit zoom of similar quality and vintage that would give you open-aperture metering and need no extra glass for infinity focus. For a bit more (well under £100) you could find Nikon lenses in this range, AF or MF.
 
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If this is indeed a K-mount lens. But is it worth the bother to use stop-down metering and a glass element that will further degrade the quality? You've already had a problem with flare that might have been made worse by the glass adapter. And unlike the M42 Takumar primes, this isn't a classic lens. For around the price of the lens and adapter, you could find a third party Nikon-fit zoom of similar quality and vintage that would give you open-aperture metering and need no extra glass for infinity focus. For a bit more (well under £100) you could find Nikon lenses in this range, AF or MF.
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Looks like it might go in the bin. Thanks to everyone for your advice.
 
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