Wide Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR / 超マルチ上塗を施してあるTAKUMAR
Super-Takumars with more coatings that reduce internally reflected light, significantly.
Claimed to reduce internal reflections by approx. 5-8%. The Spotmatic II operating manual is quoted below.
Super-Multi-Coated (SMC) Takumars
Pentax SMC Takumar lenses are the world's first 7-layer multi-coated lenses. A truly remarkable optical achievement. Conventional lenses have only 1-3 layer coatings. The additional coating of SMC Takumar lenses let in more lighting resulting in truer colors. Reflection is reduced to 0.2% allowing the remaining 99.8% of light to pass through. This means higher light transmission, and the brightest lens possible. Colors pass through with equal intensity so color balance is strikingly improved. Brighter blues. Vibrant reds. Truer yellows. SMC Takumar lenses make it possible. And no ghosts or flares even when shooting against the sun. Ultra violet light is reflected off the glass surface. So only true colors are absorbed. Undesired rays are kept out. SMC Takumar lenses are for people interested in the ultimate in photographic lenses.
Product numbers consisting of 5 numerals are inscribed onto aperture control switches from 1966.
Claimed to reduce internal reflections by approx. 5-8%. The Spotmatic II operating manual is quoted below.
Super-Multi-Coated (SMC) Takumars
Pentax SMC Takumar lenses are the world's first 7-layer multi-coated lenses. A truly remarkable optical achievement. Conventional lenses have only 1-3 layer coatings. The additional coating of SMC Takumar lenses let in more lighting resulting in truer colors. Reflection is reduced to 0.2% allowing the remaining 99.8% of light to pass through. This means higher light transmission, and the brightest lens possible. Colors pass through with equal intensity so color balance is strikingly improved. Brighter blues. Vibrant reds. Truer yellows. SMC Takumar lenses make it possible. And no ghosts or flares even when shooting against the sun. Ultra violet light is reflected off the glass surface. So only true colors are absorbed. Undesired rays are kept out. SMC Takumar lenses are for people interested in the ultimate in photographic lenses.
Product numbers consisting of 5 numerals are inscribed onto aperture control switches from 1966.
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