There are more anomalies than just the front ring and f-stop ring. The focusing ring is a late ring from a smc takumar lens while the f-stop ring is from a early model super multi coated takumar or super takumar.
Igor Roshchin wrote: > Hello! > > I came across this image: > http://www.isphera.boom.ru/download/cameras/DSC_2369.JPG > Note two things: the front surface of the lens says: > Super-Takumar 1:2/55 > The aperture ring has 1.8 position. > > I am puzzled. I don't have interest in the lens, it is just > my curiousity. My guesses: > 1. a lens that was put together from an SMCT 55/1.8 and 55/2.0 by > some craftsman; > 2. result of a good work in Photoshop; > 3. some weird case of a factory mixup. > > Thanks, > > Igor > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

