Correct, SMC is the key. The Penax-F and Takumar-F WITHOUT the SMC are the cheap ones.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: SMCT 135/2.5 results > > > I alwasy sthought Pentax-F meant the AF lenses ealier than tghe FA-lenes. > Like this: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48558&item= > 7504887553 > &rd=1#ebayphotohosting > I guess this is referred to as "SMC Pentax-F" > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 8. april 2005 12:36 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: RE: SMCT 135/2.5 results > > > I think the most confusing name Pentax has ever given a > lens has to be has to be the Takumar (Bayonet) 135/2.5. > I believe it's the first in their line of "economy" non-SMC > K mount lenses. > And I believe the first K mount to wear the Takumar name. > We now have the Takumar-F (also called the Pentax-F) which > are the economy grade non-SMC autofocus lenses. > I've see a lot of eekBayers pay big bucks for these, not > noticing the lack of "SMC" in the name. > > "Look for "SMC" on the label to be sure!" > (Sounds kinda like an ad for a famous brand anti- > perspirant doesn't it?) > > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Whittingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:19 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: SMCT 135/2.5 results > > > > > > > Screwmount Takumars on Boz's site? > > > > Takumar 135/2.5 (Bayonet) > > > > John > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:11:07 +0100 (BST) > > Subject: RE: SMCT 135/2.5 results > > > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Jens Bladt wrote: > > > > > > > Juddging from the photograph on Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax > > K-Mount Page, I > > b > > > > elieve mine is the 6 element version. I didn't know there was > > an earlier > > > > one! > > > > > > Screwmount Takumars on Boz's site? > > > > > > Kostas > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > >
