N C - T a k u m a r 1 : 3.3 / 300
Produced 1965 to 1966. Serial Numbers 1716xxx - 1987xxx. AOCo Product No. ???. Honeywell Pentax Cat.No.898. Updated June 2023.
(Research Note: Since 2010 I have seen 1.75% (6 copies) of the total estimated < 343 copies made.)
INTRODUCTION
The NOCTA, launched in August 1966 (and featured in ACOCo brochures), was designed for Infra-Red Tele-photography using an Infra -Red flash with a range of 100 meters maximum. It was equipped with the (single element ?) NC - Takumar 1: 3.3 / 300mm.
The NOCTA, launched in August 1966 (and featured in ACOCo brochures), was designed for Infra-Red Tele-photography using an Infra -Red flash with a range of 100 meters maximum. It was equipped with the (single element ?) NC - Takumar 1: 3.3 / 300mm.
DESCRIPTION
VARIATION
Each NOCTA has unique serial number independent of the Lens serial number. The example below is SN 159 with lens SN 1776560.
Each NOCTA has unique serial number independent of the Lens serial number. The example below is SN 159 with lens SN 1776560.
NOTES
Each complete unit has a unique Serial Number. Their lenses also have serial numbers which are part the M42 SN series.
The NOCTA copy with the highest serial number observed to date is No.216.
Each complete unit has a unique Serial Number. Their lenses also have serial numbers which are part the M42 SN series.
The NOCTA copy with the highest serial number observed to date is No.216.
LENS PRODUCTION (∑ lenses) ∑n = 6 Serial Numbers observed in 5 batches covering 11 SN min. < ∑ lenses < 676 SN max.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 5 batches
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 5 batches
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
|
1716560 (159) (1/ 1) 1776160 (1/ 1) |
Serial Numbers in 5 Batches (n /SN range) 1776260 (1/ 1) 1776560 (1/ 1) |
1987721(163) to 1987727(176) (2/7) |
LITERATURE
The following extract is from an article "Photographic Equipments" by Minoru TAMURA of Chiba University,
In: PROGRESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN JAPAN (1966) (Eds. THE EDITORIAL OF BOARD THE SOCIETY OF SCIENTIFIC PHOTOGRAPHY OF JAPAN -1967)
"The Asahi Optical Industry Company also developed a particular camera, Asahi Pentax Nocta. This camera is equipped with the taking lens, NC Takumar 300 mm, F :3.3, and two infra-red light beam projectors. The image of an object lighted with the infra-red light from one of the projectors is focused on an image tube and converted into visible image. This serves as a finder. The other projector is a flash lamp, and it emits an intensive infra-red light beam in an instant of the exposure. The maximum photographing range of this camera is about sixty meters in thick darkness."
The following extract is from an article "Photographic Equipments" by Minoru TAMURA of Chiba University,
In: PROGRESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN JAPAN (1966) (Eds. THE EDITORIAL OF BOARD THE SOCIETY OF SCIENTIFIC PHOTOGRAPHY OF JAPAN -1967)
"The Asahi Optical Industry Company also developed a particular camera, Asahi Pentax Nocta. This camera is equipped with the taking lens, NC Takumar 300 mm, F :3.3, and two infra-red light beam projectors. The image of an object lighted with the infra-red light from one of the projectors is focused on an image tube and converted into visible image. This serves as a finder. The other projector is a flash lamp, and it emits an intensive infra-red light beam in an instant of the exposure. The maximum photographing range of this camera is about sixty meters in thick darkness."
