Re: Fluorite Takumar

[Marco Pauck <pauck@xxxxxx>]

Ken Sinclair wrote:
> I have just been offered an older f4,5/85 mm Pentax Utra-Achromatic Takumar
> (that's the one wth the fluorite elements specifically designed for UV/IR
> imaging. I comes with 4 filters... An R62 which looks suspiciously like a
> Wratten 25, an R68 - considerably darker than the R62 and seems about the
> equivalent of a Wratten 29. The third is "gold-looking" in the
> rear...marked 862 mu (IR transmission)....  and the last marked 365 mu. and
> "silver" on the rear (UVtransmission)
>
> The lens and all filters are in impeccable condition in their velvet-lined
> box... looks like they have seen very little use.
>
> Has anyone got an idea as to a "fair" market value?

Kadlubek's Lens Catalogue lists it under PEN0780 (with 5? filters)
for 436 US$.

Even cheaper is the Quartz Takumar 3.5/85 which is listed under
PEN0340 for 272 US$.

For a comparison: The UV Nikkor lenses are listed as:
NIK2640: Nikkor UV,     4.0/55  (3! elements), 807 US$
NIK2890: Nikkor UV AIS, 4.5/105 (6 elements), 1076 US$

	Marco
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