hey, guess you missed my earilier posts stating I already have an entire set of the super multi coated takumars. I think I finished collecting those about 5 years ago. Thanks for the heads-up though.
jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Why Pentax Takumar Screw lenses were/are all so good? Hey JCO, if you love Taks so much, would you be at all interested in buying the ones I listed for sale last weekend? The fish-eye, at least, appears to be pretty rare. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:04 AM Subject: Why Pentax Takumar Screw lenses were/are all so good? > Nobody came up with the answer to my quiz why > the Pentax Takumar Screw mount lenses were/are all > so good? > > Answer : They were 200% optical bench tested > before being sold in USA. Thats right, 200%. > > Every single final assembled Takumar Lens > was optically bench tested at the Asahi > factory in Japan before being imported into > the USA by Honeywell. THEN, once Honeywell > got them, Every single lens was optically bench tested AGAIN by > Honeywell before being put for sale in USA. This is why ( along with > the superb build quality ) there is such consistant high optical > quality for these lenses as the dogs were all rejected in the process. > > I doubt that many lenses today are subjected to > such high quality control. I am sure expensive > ones still are, but not the entire lens series. > It would be way too costly in today's market I would especially when > the build quality of many lenses ( especially budget models ) would > create more rejects. > > This brings up another thought, wouldnt it have been > cool to work in that test dept and have a company > discount to purchase the lenses? I mean, if a given > lens had to meet say, 75 lp/mm to pass test, and they typically ran > say, 80 to 85 lp/mm, what would be cool would be to sit aside and buy > the occasional 90 to 95 lp/mm lens that might have squeaked thru once > in a while. Employees get to buy the "gems" so to speak! I wonder if > this actually occured, or maybe Pentax or Honeywell permitted it? That > would interesting to find out. > > jco > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
