The Super Takumars are generally a step up in quality over the older Takumars and Auto Takumars, and the SMC Takumars are generally either the same as the Supers with better coatings or another step up.
That said, anything older than a Super Takumar is going to be relatively rare. -Adam On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Jerry in Arizona <[email protected]> wrote: > I am thinking of acquiring some older M42 prime lenses to use on my K20D. I > seem to remember that the Super Takumars were considered a step back in > quality > and optics from the Takumars. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Have not > decided which lengths to focus on, prob just on what is available and what I > can > afford. Anything else I should watch for, like coatings? > > Jerry -- 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.
