Re: The meaning of letters in lens names?

[Paul Stenquist]

Good call, William. There are a lot of complexities in the Pentax lens 
naming system, and this is yet another.
On Sep 1, 2004, at 11:01 PM, William Robb wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: The meaning of letters in lens names?

Takumar lenses were special in the screwmount era. ( I won't go
into
that here. It's a whole other topic. But some of them are very
good.)
In the bayonet mount days, which means the late 1970s and
beyond,"takumar" became a badge applied to somewhat inferior,
budget
lenses.
Don't forget that life in Pentaxville doesn't end with 35mm.
The Takumar and Super Takumar 6x7 lenses are very good indeed. While
they were replaced by SMC Pentax 6x7, they were not budget lenses.
I know you knew this Paul, but I wanted to assure the unwashed.
William Robb