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Brand Coatings Product line Model Aperture (茠) Focal range (mm) Optical Design (Elements / Groups) Mount Image Size Filter size(s) Serial # Notes
Asahi Optical Co. Auto-Takumar 1:1.8/55 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 49 604473 Came with Honeywell Pentax H3. Essentially a Super-Takumar with the older model name.
Asahi Optical Co. Macro-Takumar 1:4/50 茠4 – 22 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 3397595
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar 1:4/100 茠4 – 22 100 5 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 7379025 Came with caps, hood, and case.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Macro-Takumar 1:4/50 茠4 – 22 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 3564802 Slow aperture, Does not focus to infinity.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:3.5/28 茠3.5 – 16 28 7 / 6 M42 35mm Front: 49 1109804 Came with Electro Spotmatic, in two pieces
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:1.4/50 茠1.4 – 16 50 7 / 6 M42 35mm Front: 49 2144723 Came with Pentax H1a. Seems to be the less desirable variant.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 49 1307032 Came with an SV camera.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 49 976153 Came with Pentax SV
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:2.5/135 茠2.5 – 22 135 5 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 58 4720245 Bought with Spotmatic II. Came with hood.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Takumar 1:3.5/135 茠3.5 – 16 135 5 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 49 2788936 Stuck in manual mode, but otherwise in great working shape.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:3.5/28 茠3.5 – 16 28 7 / 7 M42 35mm Front: 49 6584540 Bought with Spotmatic II
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:3.5/35 茠3.5 – 16 35 5 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 49 7847280 Came with Spotmatic F.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:1.4/50 茠1.4 – 16 50 7 / 6 M42 35mm Front: 49 4622896 Bought w/ Pentax SP 1000 film body. It is a model with thoriated glass, and therefore mildly radioactive.
Asahi Optical Co. SMC Takumar 1:1.4/50 茠1.4 – 16 50 7 / 6 M42 35mm Front: 49 5584378 Came with Electro Spotmatic
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:1.4/50 茠1.4 – 16 50 7 / 6 M42 35mm Front: 49 5587225 Bought with Spotmatic II. Reads "AKUMA", and "SAH OPT." due to removed letters.
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:1.8/55 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 49 5260549
Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:4/200 茠4 – 22 200 5 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 58 5929687 Bought with Spotmatic II.
Carl Zeiss Jena T Tessar 2.8/50 茠2.8 – 16 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 40.5 4317443 Silver, Preset, too long for SP1000. "Carl Zeiss" and the "T" are etched off of the front ring.
Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Tessar 2.8/50 茠2.8 – 22 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 9260148 Zebra focusing ring, and zebra aperture ring. Aperture is slow, might need CLA.
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2,8/50 茠2.8 – 22 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 6558387 Came with Praktica IV F body, has a stop-down switch on the side, rather than an auto/manual switch.
Chinon multi coated 1:2.5 f=24mm 茠2.5 – 16 24 M42 35mm Front: 55 701440
Cosina Co.,Ltd. Cosinon Auto F=1.8 f=50 茠1.8 – 16 50 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 49 744336 Came with Argus/Cosina STL 1000 body
E Ludwig Meritar 2.9/50 茠2.9 – 16 50 3 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 35.5 1532743 Triplet lens design
Helios MMZ Helios-44-2 2/58 茠2 – 16 58 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 49 N9085713 Zebra focusing ring. Really stiff focus ring.
Helios MMZ 谐械谢懈芯褋-44-2 2/58 茠2 – 16 58 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 49 7922474 Modified to have square aperture.
Helios MC Valdai Helios-44M-7 茠2 – 16 58 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 52 92442015 Came with Zenit 122 camera. Bent filter ring
Industar KMZ 袠袧袛校小孝袗袪-50-2 茠3.5 – 16 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 35.5 7537830 Has Zenit cap.
Industar KMZ 袠袧袛校小孝袗袪-50-2 茠3.5 – 16 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 35.5 83082296
Industar MC LZOS 袠袧袛校小孝袗袪-61袥/3 茠2.8 – 16 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 49 821818 Soviet macro lens
Isco-G枚ttingen C Westinar 1:2.8/50 茠2.8 – 16 50 4 / 3 M42 35mm Front: 41 124096 Fairly stiff focus, image quality is poor at infinity. Reverse-Tessar lens design.
Mamiya mamiya/sekkor 1:1.8 f=55mm 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 52 62918 Came with mamiya/sekkor 1000 DTL camera body.
Mamiya mamiya/sekkor Auto 1:2.8 f=135mm 茠2.8 – 16 135 M42 35mm Front: 55 102265
Mamiya mamiya/sekor Auto 1:1.4 f=55mm 茠1.4 – 16 55 M42 35mm Front: 55 64360 Came with broken mamiya/sekor 1000DTL. Thoriated glass. Edge fungus and stiff focusing ring. Needs CLA.
Petri C.C. Auto 1:1.8/55 茠1.8 – 16 55 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 52 701095 Came with Focal TLR.
Ricoh Auto Rikenon EE 1:1.7 f=50mm 茠1.7 – 16 50 6 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 52 006785 Acquired with Vivitar XC-3 in trade for some other camera stuff
Sun Optical Auto Tele-Zoom 茠4.8 – 22 85–210 13 / 8 M42 35mm Front: 55 211776 Aperture plunger stuck in 'manual' position.
Tamron Tamron-F Auto Tamron-F 1:2.8 35mm 茠2.8 – 22 35 6 / 5 M42 35mm Front: 55 740251 Very little information available about this lens.
Vivitar Komine Auto Macro 55mm 1:2.8 茠2.8 – 16 55 5 / 4 M42 35mm Front: 62 28502183
Yashica Yashinon-DX Auto 1:1.4 f=50mm 茠1.4 – 16 50 8 / 7 M42 35mm Front: 55 5478502
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