T a k u m a r 1 : 4.5 / 500 mm Model III
Produced May 1965 to 1971. Serial Number range 951xxx - 3923xxx. AOCo Product No.366 (43660). Updated April 2025.
Produced May 1965 to 1971. Serial Number range 951xxx - 3923xxx. AOCo Product No.366 (43660). Updated April 2025.
(Research Note: Since 2010 I have seen 3.06% (172 copies) of the total estimated 5,600 copies made.)
LENS PRODUCTION (∑ lenses) ∑n = 172 Serial Numbers (SN) observed in 42 batches covering 2,276 SN min.< ∑ lenses <8,981 SN max.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 42 batches
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 42 batches
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
951303 (1/ 1) 971595 to 971653 (3/ 58) 1061488 to 1061498 (2/ 10) 1162347 to 1162380 (2/ 33) 1283458 to 1283474 (3/ 16) 1337324 (1/ 1) 1598045 (1/ 1) 1618834 to 1618853 (3/ 19) 1626186 (1/ 1) 1669931 to 1669986 (4/ 55) 1693254 to 1693275 (3/ 21) 1755986 (1/ 1) 1776026 to 1776040 (3/ 14) 1798369 to 1798424 (7/ 55) |
Serial Numbers in 42 Batches
(n /SN range) Collection 1852220 to 1852277 (4/ 57) 2097478 (1/ 1) 2110508 (1/ 1) 2310740 to 2310746 (2/ 6) 2367459 to 2367543 (7/ 84) 2436708 to 2436739 (5/ 31) 2507710 (1/ 1) 2521514 (1/ 1) 2719643 to 2719675 (4/ 32) 2730172 (1/ 1) 2736148 to 2736172 (2/ 24) 2771464 to 2771496 (2/ 32) 2795001 to 2795003 (2/ 3) 2851508 to 2851545 (6/ 37) |
2891706 to 2891808 (8/ 102) 2948880 to 2948941 (4/ 61) 2953050 to 2953104 (5/ 54) 3147895 (1/ 1) 3168807 to 3168860 (4/ 53) 3261595 to 3261811 (7/ 216) 3568438 to 3568473 (3/ 35) 3601661 (1/ 1) 3602687 to 3602811 (9/ 124) 3789004 to 3789016 (2/ 12) 3906083 to 3906106 (3/ 23) 3906626 to 3906951 (24/ 325) 3916027 to 3916277 (17/ 250) 3922742 to 3923163 (10/ 421) |