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Anonymous
M42 lenses work beautifully on a Canon DSLR. That's why I chose Canon when it came time to go digital. In fact, I own a Spotmatic and all three of your Takumar lenses (plus many others) and shoot with Super-Taks almost exclusively.
My favorites, I think, are the 135/2.5, 105/2.8, 35/2 and 50/1.4.
So yes, M42 lenses work beautifully on a Canon DSLR. I haven't tried them on a Nikon, but the lens in the adapter is bound to fuck up something. If you can, aim for a camera with a large focusing screen, since you'll be using manual focus and that's hard with faster lenses on the crap screens that most DSLRs have today. (The Spotmatic has a focusing screen that puts _every_ DSLR out there today to shame - big, bright, lots of coverage and a wonderful split-prism - and I would KILL to get it in ANY digital body).
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