Sold Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm 1.4 Lens (7 Element)

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Selling an Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm 1.4 lens in very good condition. This is the 7 element version.

The aperture and focus rings turns smoothly and the glass is very clean with no haze or fungus. The lens comes with front and rear caps.

Asking $70 plus shipping. Payment via PayPal or Zelle. CONUS only, please.











 
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I've got a new lens incoming today and am trying to stick to my one-in-one-out rule

Feel free to send me offers on this classic fast 50...
 

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The light through the lens looks slightly tea color. The 2 million serial number is low. Is this one of the Takumars with thorium elements? They have a reputation of superb optical performance for mid century lenses. My thorium 55 f/1.8 is excellent.
 
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Kodachromeguy said:
The light through the lens looks slightly tea color. The 2 million serial number is low. Is this one of the Takumars with thorium elements? They have a reputation of superb optical performance for mid century lenses. My thorium 55 f/1.8 is excellent.
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Yes, this is the 7 element version of the lens which contains Thorium elements.

You're right, the 50/1.4 and 55/1.8 are renowned for their optical performance. In fact most of the Super Takumars seem to be very highly regarded.
 

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These are great lenses.I have a Spotmatic and a Pentax SL that came with the 50m ƒ1.4 and I de-yellowed both of them with UV light. The 50mm ƒ1.4 also works very well as a portrait lens on my Pentax K50 DSLR with its 1.5 crop factor.
 

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This is a worl-wide forum. Why asking for US-only sales?
 
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RalphLambrecht said:
This is a worl-wide forum. Why asking for US-only sales?
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There are several potential complications with overseas sales that I generally try and avoid, especially when selling a relatively inexpensive item like this. But if you're interested in the lens, send me a PM and we can discuss it.
 
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