Vintage Lens Test, image making with a Nikon Ai=S Nikkor 85mm F2, on the day of the solstice.
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Olympus PEN E-P5, Nikon Nikkor Ai-S 85mm F2
The SMC Takumar is a fast 55mm 1:1.8 screw-mount (M42) lens of good repute seen in several iterations of the same optical design. The series started with the Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, in production in 1958, and ended with the SMC Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, which was in production from 1972 to 1975.
Other iterations include the Auto-Takumar (1958 - 1962), Super Takumar (1962 - 1965), and Super-Multi-Coated Takumar (1965 - 1972).