S u p e r - T a k u m a r 1 : 2 / 55 early M o d e l II
Produced 1965 to 1966. Serial Numbers 1762xxx - 2306xxx. AOCo Product No. 37102. Updated May 2023.
Produced 1965 to 1966. Serial Numbers 1762xxx - 2306xxx. AOCo Product No. 37102. Updated May 2023.
(Research Note: Since 2010 I have seen 1.12% (325 copies) of the total estimated 29,000 copies made.)
INTRODUCTION
This short-lived version retains the M/A inscriptions on the Aperture control switch. All copies have the model number inscribed onto the back of the switch. It has new coarse knurling (rather than all fine knurling) with added Aperture ring finger grips.
This short-lived version retains the M/A inscriptions on the Aperture control switch. All copies have the model number inscribed onto the back of the switch. It has new coarse knurling (rather than all fine knurling) with added Aperture ring finger grips.
DESCRIPTION
VARIATION
None.
None.
NOTES
- This is the third Super-Takumar model to have a Product number inscribed on the back of the aperture switch.
LENS PRODUCTION (∑ lenses) ∑n =325 Serial Numbers observed in 73 Batches covering 18,859 SN min. < ∑ lenses < 39,280 SN max.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 73 batches
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
One uniform style: Letter font is "cursive", oval with open "4". The serial number is after the lenses name; and no comma follows the maker's name.
Aperture ring has coarse knurling. Focus ring formula and Aperture ring formula is consistently F=10/12 and A=10/10 throughout.
345-6 SN ends 1762229 to 1762253 (2/ 24) 1762909 to 1763035 (4/ 126) 1765517 to 1765705 (5/ 188) 1767233 to 1767338 (3/ 105) 1768779 to 1769689 (12/ 910) 1774230 to 1774774 (4/ 544) 1776184 to 1776199 (2/ 15) 1776401 to 1776508 (2/ 107) 1776640 to 1776811 (3/ 171) 1799770 (1/ 1) 1800586 (1/ 1) 1801206 to 1801712 (13/ 506) 1802910 to 1803613 (7/ 703) 1804062 to 1804222 (3/ 160) 1817843 to 1818102 (4/ 259) 1818583 (1/ 1) 1819027 to 1819060 (2/ 33) 1820060 to 1820962 (11/ 932) 1823165 to 1823472 (4/ 307) 1824165 (1/ 1) 1852567 to 1852604 (2/ 37) 1854793 to 1854815 (2/ 22) 1865366 to 1865406 (2/ 40) 1865431 to 1865433 (2/ 3) 1865538 to 1865576 (3/ 38) |
Serial Numbers in 73 Batches
(n /SN range) 1888764 to 1889172 (5/ 408) 1889490 to 1889501 (2/ 11) 1889895 to 1890190 (4/ 295) 1912037 to 1912131 (2/ 94) 1924011 to 1924240 (2/ 229) 1925304 to 1925429 (4/ 125) 1925521 to 1926152 (17/ 631) 1927871 (1/ 1) 1968697 to 1968900 (5/ 203) 1970582 to 1971442 (14/ 860) 1971678 (1/ 1) 1973049 to 1973203 (3/ 154) 1989856 to 1990104 (5/ 248) 1992223 to 1992811 (2/ 588) 1993152 to 1993274 (3/ 122) 1994880 (1/ 1) 1994916 to 1994921 (2/ 5) 2006645 to 2007153 (8/ 508) 2007701 to 2008325 (4/ 624) 2008781 to 2009105 (3/ 324) 2009168 to 2009405 (6/ 238) 2036042 to 2036176 (4/ 134) 2036199 to 2036703 (6/ 504) 2036741 (1/ 1) 2036840 (1/ 1) |
2037022 to 2037105 (2/ 83) 2037794 to 2038063 (6/ 269) 2041550 (1/ 1) 2042406 to 2042412 (2/ 6) 2043186 to 2043900 (15/ 714) 2044151 to 2044460 (5/ 309) 2046075 to 2046076 (2/ 2) 2072090 (1/ 1) 2083969 to 2084667 (12/ 742) 2085747 to 2086277 (6/ 530) 2087935 to 2088722 (19/ 787) 2118597 to 2118718 (2/ 121) 2120253 to 2121510 (13/ 1257) 2122705 to 2123022 (8/ 317) 2123515 to 2123688 (4/ 173) 2136688 (1/ 1) 2163764 to 2163961 (4/ 197) 2165554 to 2166409 (6/ 855) 2166593 to 2167033 (2/ 440) 2171062 to 2171142 (2/ 80) 37103 SN starts 2182457 to 2182839 (7/ 382) 2304780 (1/ 1) 2306621 to 2306750 (3/ 129) |