Super-Takumar 28mm f/3.5

I got my new-to-me Super-Tak 28mm today and was surprised to find that it is not what I expected!

I was looking to put a matched pair of 28mm lenses on two K10D's for stereography. I thought

about buying two k-mount 28's but for the money (and the chances of getting a matched pair with

the many versions that are out there) I opted to buy another copy of one I already had. The

second I opened the factory lens case that housed the newly acquired glass, I knew I had gone

awry. It doesn't even look close to the version I already had:<div></div>

I guess my question is about the formularity of this piece. How different are they

really?<div></div>

Obviously the filter size is different (49 v. 58), the older (bigger) one doesn't even fit in

the same case that was obviously made for the newer one. The specs on the lens are

the same (minimum focus length, hyperfocal settings, etc), but the newer one also has

a shorter throw from minimum focus to infinity.<div></div>

It's actually closer in size to my Super-Tak 55mm f/1.8...<div></div>

Never saw a 28 3.5 like the large one. It looks like my old 24 Super Tak

Huh...[scratches head]...well that's the darnest thing I ever did see...

Wierd. Get another one and see what happens! It can't get stranger, surely?

NO GIVING HIM PERMISSION TO BUY MORE LENSES!!!!

The larger and older 58mm filter version is version 2 of the Super Tak. It has 7 elements in 6 group. The newer 49mm filter version is version 3 and has 7 elements in 7 group. Version 2 was in production from 1965 to 1966 only.

You may want to check one of this out for stereo instead.<div></div>

Is there anything Pentax didn't make???

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-Stereo-Adapter-D-Set-52mm-NEW_W0QQitemZ330241566883

"Is there anything Pentax didn't make???"

 

Not really (ok, no tilt AND shift lenses).

The Stereo Adapter is interesting. what does it do? superimpose?

NO GIVING HIM PERMISSION TO BUY MORE LENSES!!!!

 

Gee, doesn't he share? :-)

 

Here is a lot of lens info: http://stans-photography.info/

The stereo adapter generates two shifted (half frame) images side by side onto a single frame. By using a special viewer that comes with the adapter, you can view your slide in stereo. For Digital, you may have to use a 3D computer program to convert the side by side stereo image into a 3D stereo display device. ie.: Using mirrored glass or Imax like frame synchronized glass or display.

I once owned a Super Tak version 2. It came with a Pentax rubber sunshade that you had to slide over de lens. With the bigger front lens it will be more prone to reflections than the smaller version 3.

 

By the way, I've been following discussions at the Pentax forum for over a year now and this is my first post. Keep on discussing equipment and pictures!

 

Johan

Hmm... Interesting! I didn't know the larger one existed. Mine is an SMC Takumar with a higher number than your newer one (4535xxx) but looks the same, bought new in Jan 1972.

Well, I knew the one that I've had for almost 15 years now was at least as old as

1971, because it has a dated sticker in the lens cap from Honeywell Service. I

knew there were several versions of the k-mount 28's, which is one reason I decided

to stick with the screw mount: I had one and only had to find one more to make a

match. I guess I should have done more research.<p>

 

I don't have time to get another lens before going on vacation, so I guess the semi-

matched pair will have to do. I'll make some side-by-side comparisons (literally) and

make a decision later.<p>

 

I like the two camera system because of its versatility. It gives me complete

control over spacing and convergence. For landscapes, we use a wide spread to

exaggerate the depth, and we are looking to build a wider bar for fireworks...<p>

 

This is my dad and the rig with 2 P3 series bodies and A series 50mm f/2 lenses. A

bellows cable release triggers the shutters, but since the release is mechanical and

designed to close the aperture down on the lens at the front of the bellows before

tripping the shutter on the camera at the back of the bellows, sync can be an issue,

especially during flash photography...<br>

<img src="http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00M/00MXkd-

38491484.jpg"><p>

 

I plan on doing a stereography thread later...<div></div>

Matt, your dad looks like he means business. Is he always that serious? :-)

@mis - He had to hold still for 30 seconds. Smiling that long would have hurt.

Is it possibly that the very last of the Super-Takumar series have the multi coating? Before the re-made them as the super-muti-coated takumars? I seem to remember reading this somewhere, but I'm not sure.