Super Takumar 50mm F1 4 8 Element

Pentax super takumar 50mm f 1 4 8 element vs 7 element duration.

Super takumar 50mm f1 4 8 element. Mark holtze 17 119 views. In this video i take a look at the pentax super takumar 50mm f 1 4 8 element planar killer and compare it to the hotter younger sibling the super multi coated takumar 50mm f1 4 to see what. Manufactured from 1964 1965 we can now have a close look to see how it performs using the. The first claim to fame is the use of radioactive thorium glass the second is that this first model.

The earliest spotmatic operating manual j contains illustrations of two early cosmetic forms of the 8 element 1 4 50mm super takumar 358 available only with this camera in 1964. The first white bar on the lhs of the lollipop. By attribution 3 0. The first claim to fame is the use of radioactive thorium glass the second is that this first model of 8 elements was soon replaced by a 7 element version and the model i became the stuff of legends for its extraordinary performance.

Pentax 50mm f 1 4 super takumar 8 elements design pentax 50mm f 1 4 super multi coated takumar 7 elements design pentax 50mm f 4 m macro contax 60mm f 2 8 zeiss makro s planar minolta 50mm f 1 7 rokkor md olympus 50mm f 1 8 om zuiko the test camera is a canon eos 5d mark ii. Some lenses do gain a legendary status and the model i super takumar 50mm f 1 4 is one of them. The first form retains the cosmetic style of previous lens types with an orange lollipop as the centre of the depth of field dof gauge and a short orange bar ending next to the orange letter r between this central marker and the f4 position marker. Super takumar 50 1 4 new optical formula 7 elements thorium single coated later copies can have experimantal mc with 3 4 layers 6 aperture blades.

It was put on a tripod with the mirror up at 50x the focal length fired through a remote wireless release. Pentacon 50mm f1 8 details specifics with pics. 8 element planar killer vs 7 element 50mm f1 4 super takumar m42 showdown. The four different versions of the takumar 50mm f1 4 are.