MM "To cap it all...!"

Macro Mondays 19-04-2021

Theme: Circles

 

Lens caps from the early days of the Asahi Pentax SLR.

 

Left to right the caps of:

 

preset Takumar 135mm f:3.5

preset Takumar 105 mm f:2.8

Auto-Takumar 105mm f:2.8

 

The preset Takumars have a 46mm filter-thread, the Auto-Takumar a 49mm thread. The silver cap of the Auto-Takumar sports the logo of the Asahi Optical Company.

 

The name "Takumar" is said to have been bestowed on the lenses in honour of the Japanese-American painter and photographer Takuma Kajiwara (1876-1960)

 

The big daddy of them all (in the background) is the cap of a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 500mm f:4.5.

 

The overall width of the scene is just under 7cm.

 

Taken with a Super-Multi-Coated MACRO-TAKUMAR 100mm f:4

 

 

PENTAX K-1

 

HMM!

 

PS. My previous picture ("Sunset Suburban Fence") includes a comment on old Pentax lens caps.

 

If you are interested in TAKUMAR and other M-42 lenses, do have a glance at my albums:

www.flickr.com/photos/187689795@N06/albums/with/721577189...

 

[Note: The SMC Macro-Takumar 100mm f:4 is missing from the list of the "Pentax SMC" Group!]

 

Done