Hi Andre, If you're holding the camera w/lens in your hand, as tho' taking photos, looking down upon the aperture ring, the f/1.8 is on the far left. Restated to avoid misunderstanding.
My lens IS an Auto-Takumar 55mm f/1.8! It is what it is! <g> Andre Langevin 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. > And I think that the aperture ring was moving the other way around on > some (or all) Auto-Takumar 55/1.8 > > Andre > > >What's the filter ring diameter? 49mm. > >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 > > --
