You should update Wikipedia Bill.
Tom C.
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fakumar AF Zoom for Pentax! Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 17:33:33 -0600
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Fakumar AF Zoom for Pentax!
I just looked it up Takumar on that totally reliable Wikipedia. :)
Pentax resurrected the Takumar name in the 1980s and 1990s. Sadly, give the name's history, it referred to a budget line of zoom and prime lenses that lacked the Pentax "Super Multi-Coating", an optical treatment that reduces lens flare. These lenses are marked "Takumar (Bayonet)" to distinguish them from the older screw-mount Takumar lenses.
The Takumars from that era are identical in construction and optical design to the SMC Pentax lenses of the same focal lengths.
The optics are multi coated on the front and rear surfaces, single coated on the inner surfaces.
Optical transmission from the Takumars is only slightly lower than the SMC Pentax lenses, a few tenths of a percentage at most.
At least, according the Pentax reps from when I was selling the things back then.
William Robb
