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John Francis wrote:
Peter J. Alling wrote:
This shows the hazards of jumping into a thread somewhere in the middle, this discussion was about the letter designations ie A, F, AF, FA, M, (K) on K mount lenses.
The post by John Francis (copied below) named Takumar-A and Takumar-F, as tho' they existed.
It was that question I was addressing.
If John's question was prompted by what you say above, then it was ME that jumped into the middle of a thread and started growing a new branch!
Yes, it was.
Oh. Does that put you off? Sorry.
That wasn't my question, either: it was a question I was answering, originally posed by a different poster. Check the ">" indent level.
If it had any, the previous carats were lost to me.
And Takumar-F lenses, at least, most definitely do exist.
NOT in screw threads. That's all I was talking about.
I have one sitting here in front of me as I type; it's the 28-80 /f3.5-f4.5 zoom often sold as a (cheap) kit lens with the SF-1.
The SF-1? That's otherwise known as an SF X, and certainly a K-mount. Came out in '87 or so, as I recall.
What Takumar fits that? The "(Bayonet)" style?
And, it's an automatic focus?
Do you have a reference for it?
keith whaley
I know all about the SMC Takumar screw-mounts; my first SLR was a Spotmatic II with the 50mm/f1.4, bought mainly on the strength of the lens. But I felt that mentioning that variation wouldn't help someone who was already confused by the K-mount lens terminology.
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