Lens design part 6!
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It’s been a while since we’ve had a series of discoveries in lens design!
Today, we have discovered a unique feature in lens design, and we will be writing about it in this column.
We will use the lenses that are on sale at our vintage shop Japan Inc.
Asahi Opt Super Multi Coated TAKUMAR 35mm f/3.5
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In a normal lens, the display portion of the distance indicator (distance reference) shows all the values below the focusing ring.
In this lens, the distance indicator is designed with a cutout so that it can display only the distance to be adjusted and the values before and after that distance.
There is a notch in the aperture value display above the aperture ring.
As far as I know, the only lenses with this notch design currently available are those from the Asahi Optics.
And I think this design is quite original.
Later, when Asahi Optics changed to Pentax, the notch was lost.
This kind of discovery has nothing to do with practical use, but it is very interesting to me because I care about the design.
I’ll be sure to write another column in the future when I discover something else that interests me, so stay tuned!
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