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Produced 1963. Serial Numbers 949xxx - 949xxx. AOCo Product No. 361. Updated Sept. 2025.
Produced 1963. Serial Numbers 949xxx - 949xxx. AOCo Product No. 361. Updated Sept. 2025.
(Research Note: Since 2010 I have seen 7.26% (13 copies) of the total estimated 180 copies made.)
INTRODUCTION
The first M42 Ultra-Achromatic lens AOCo made is the Quartz-Takumar 1: 3.5 / 85mm, commercially produced in 1963. It was available just prior to the first Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 1964 and featured in the 1967 film "You Only Live Twice" (installed in the dashboard of a Toyota car used in a car chase). It is supplied with filters for UV and IR photography www.macrolenses.de/ml_detail_sl.php?ObjektiveNr=238 . Unlike its successors it lacks a focussing ring and must be used with a special bellows unit. It is a lens made principally for scientific use.
In one production run a single batch of lenses containing less than 200 copies was manufactured.
The first M42 Ultra-Achromatic lens AOCo made is the Quartz-Takumar 1: 3.5 / 85mm, commercially produced in 1963. It was available just prior to the first Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 1964 and featured in the 1967 film "You Only Live Twice" (installed in the dashboard of a Toyota car used in a car chase). It is supplied with filters for UV and IR photography www.macrolenses.de/ml_detail_sl.php?ObjektiveNr=238 . Unlike its successors it lacks a focussing ring and must be used with a special bellows unit. It is a lens made principally for scientific use.
In one production run a single batch of lenses containing less than 200 copies was manufactured.
DESCRIPTION
NOTES
LENS PRODUCTION (∑ lenses) ∑n = 13 Serial Numbers observed in 1 batch covering 104 SN min. < ∑ lenses < 254 SN max.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 1 batch
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
SN min. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed within 1 batch
SN max. = accumulated total of serial numbers observed between adjacent batches of other lenses.
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Serial Numbers in 1 batch
(n /SN range) 949542 to 949646 (13/ 104) |
