the s-m-c-t, smct, and smck 55mm/1.8-2.0 lenses are all the same optically. The 2.0 versions have a fixed limiter installed to slow them down.
The first version (s-m-c-t) is the nicest mechanically, its the one that has the metal focus ring and says "super-multi-coated-takumar", not "smc" takumar. They are fairly rare compared to the "smc" versions. Avoid the super tak versions which are not multicoated, those are real sharp but contrast suffers. The k versions are just as good as the smc takumar versions optically, but they are a step down from the pinnacle s-m-c-t version. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K55/1.8 question On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Scott Loveless<[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there. > > Quick question. I have an SMC-Takumar 55/1.8 screw mount lens that I > really like a lot. Is the K55/1.8 the same optically? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
