No, mine's like new, but has a 6-digit serial number (360,xxx), has the A/M switch and the scallops are all black. It is odd, tho', in that the f/1.8 engraving on the aperture ring is on the far left, as the photog look down on it. <g>
keith Joe Wilensky wrote: > > Hi, Keith, > > Is your Auto-Takumar the real old one, with the alternating > chrome/black on the focus ring scallops? That's the one that came > with the original Asahi Pentax K, I believe, and is really hard to > find. Later, a 55/1.8 Auto-Takumar came standard on the H3/S3, but it > was really a Super-Takumar -- it had the A/M switch, was all black, > and reopened immediately after exposure. > > What's the filter ring diameter? > > Joe > > >I only have one Auto-Takumar, the 55mm f/1.8, and it has 8 aperture blades. > >When near open, it's so close to a pure circle...3.5 on down, it's > >nicely done. > > > >keith whaley
