Originally posted by pathdoc At the very least go back right away and take pictures of it!
It's another 50mm f/1.4, but the name ring says "Super-Takumar" (37801), but the lens itself is a 37902 that supports open aperture metering. There are two things that make me hesitate: 1. There is some serial number overlap between models 37901 and 37902. This serial number could be from either model. So, somebody could have just taken the ring from a 37801 and placed it on a 37902 lens. The serial number overlap makes that a possibility. That seems unlikely because the store isn't asking much for the lens. A fraud would be asking far more and claiming a reason for a higher price. Right? It could just be that this is one of those transitional lenses and Asahi was using up extra parts. 2. The front element has a small amount of fungus around the edges. Not an insurmountable problem, but it is a problem.
Then even if somebody has the lens, what is to stop anyone from just saying a switch of the front rings took place? That's the problem. There does not seem to be a way to prove the name ring belongs on that particular lens. If there were a way to prove that I'd have already bought it, fungus and all.
Ole, does Mr. Oosten's book specify whether or not the serial number overlap contains particular serial numbers for either/or model? SN4338303 (37801 name ring, but 37902 lens body). What attracted me to this lens is the fact that it is only 1,503 examples away from my 4334600 "if" the name ring actually belongs on the lens.
Last edited by chazthebiker; 08-08-2018 at 07:00 PM.