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  1. fikkser
    01-23-11
    fikkser
    OK! Thank you for a detailed explanation! Much appreciated
  2. Steinback
    01-22-11
    Steinback
    The 4th generation lenses are very similar optically to the 3rd generation lenses, but they have a rubber coated focus ring instead of a metal one, and the text on the front of the lens was abbreviated to "SMC Pentax", probably to save space and make the name faster to engrave (my guess). There were also some mechanical changes but they only really matter if you are using the lens on an Electro Spotmatic or an ES II screw mount body.

    Your 3rd generation lens is a bit more desirable for colour photography than the earlier two "Super Takumar" generations and will perform essentially the same as the later "SMC" version.

    (I had to split this into 2 parts because it was more than 1000 characters)
  3. Steinback
    01-22-11
    Steinback
    Different generations of the Takumar 50mm f/1.4 had different names.

    The first two versions are both labelled "Super Takumar" on the front ring. They have a yellowish coating on the elements that works well but isn't as advanced as the coatings on later lenses. These two versions have six aperture blades. The 1st generation has 8 elements and is relatively rare; the 2nd generation has 7 elements (like all later versions) and is fairly common.

    Your lens is a 3rd generation if it says "Super-Multi-Coated Takumar" on the front. These lenses have a more advanced coating that I believe has more of a purple colour. As a 3rd generation lens it is supposed to have 8 aperture blades. In conversation, the name is often abbreviated to "S-M-C Takumar" (which is shorter to type) to distinguish it from the 4th version with the same coatings
  4. fikkser
    01-22-11
    fikkser
    Hello, just read your review about the 50 1.4 Takumar. I want to learn what Takumar I've got. Hope you can help me, picked you randomly and because you seem to know know a bit.

    I got a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50 1.4 and it seems to have 8 aperture blades.

    In the description of the 50's it says the SMC got 8 blades and the super got 6, how come I count 8?

    You got a Super Takumar with 6 blades, and I got a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar. Both differs from the SMC version, right?

    (Super) 8 blades (SMC)


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