Thanks Shen, I looked all over for that number! I expected it to be printed, not stamped in fine type like this. It is a 43812 6/6, now we know! ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Shen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Two lenses, one great, one not so great. > > > 135/2.5 6/6 has a number 43812 under auto/manuel switch and > 13%/2.5 5/4 has > 43802. So don't forget to ask the seller before bid! > > > > Shen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Two lenses, one great, one not so great. > > The second. By the way there is also a difference in overall length, > though for the life of me I can't > remember which is longer the earlier or later. > > Don Sanderson wrote: > > >Do you know how to tell for sure JCO? > >The only specs I can find say the 5/4 is > >444 grams and the 6/6 is 470 grams. > >All other specs are identical. > >Mine weighs in at 473 grams buck naked. > >Which is supposed to be the better of the 2? > > > >Don > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:25 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: RE: Two lenses, one great, one not so great. > >> > >> > >>there are no Kmount SMC takumars. All the Kmount > >>takumars were budget single coated lenes. ALL > >>SMC Takumar lenses are M42. > >> > >>the question that needs asking is whether > >>the 135mm F2.5 SMC Takumar he was using is > >>the 5 element or the 6 element version? > >> > >>JCO > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Chan Yong Wei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:13 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Two lenses, one great, one not so great. > >> > >> > >>Are you referring to the M42 or K-mount version of the SMCT 135/2.5? > >> > >> > >>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:20:11 -0600, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Recieved and played with two lenses on the D today. > >>>(After thawing them out, brrrr! Winter just got here!) > >>> > >>>SMCT 135/2.5 > >>>Superb all the way, not bad even at 2.5. > >>>By 5.6 one of the sharpest I've seen with very > >>>"natural" OOF areas. > >>>Large and heavy but very smooth and easy to work with. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >><snip> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke > > > > >
