Thanks. I thought that was a bit early. I went to the Pentax website
to look up the history and see that I was confusing the K model camera
with the K mount. The K mount didn't come about until 1975.
Chuck Norcutt
Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>>Since the Pentax K bayonet mount was announced in 1958 your screw mount
>>Takumar could be pretty old. I would hope that 20 years of lens and
>>coating developments were worth something.
>
> Can't be possible. It was early 1970 when I traded my Spotmatic on a Nikon
> F, as I was fed up with the screw mount/stop down business.
>
> I'd believe 1978.
>
> I'll bet the Super Takumar is better. I believe the Super means better
> coatings. The 50/1.4 was frequently the lens that got a lot of attention
> from the designers, but that idea somehow passed the Olympus lens designers
> by. Frankly, I'm glad that they spent their money elsewhere.
>
> Bill Pearce
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