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pressureworld
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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: SMC vs Super Takumar |
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pressureworld wrote:
Hello everyone I know there are different coatings in the SMC and the Super Takumar what I wanted to ask are how great are the differences. Ive been eyeing different Takumar's should I stick with SMC versions in the future or are the Super Taks just as good. I have no complaints from the one's I have. I just need to know if im missing something better for future buying purposes.
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
I didn't see any difference. See mflenses.com/gallery you can found many samples.
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pressureworld
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pressureworld wrote:
I like the super Taks that I have but I rarely hear anyone talk about them. the SMC's get all the glory 
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
People are stupid ! I guess you met with this fact already. They believe multi-coating is a magic. For example black sonnars going on double price than zebra. I love much more my zebra lenses than black MC!
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themoleman342
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themoleman342 wrote:
I think most of the time you'll only see the difference if you like taking pictures of the sun. Frankly, if I was to go with any of them go for the ones marked "super-multi-coated" instead of "smc" because these have a cheaper rubber focusing grip rather than the sturdy metal ones. But don't replace any lenses you have now! The single-coating is a good one! Just if you think you want a different focal length for the future.
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nemesis101
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nemesis101 wrote:
| pressureworld wrote: |
| I like the super Taks that I have but I rarely hear anyone talk about them. the SMC's get all the glory |
I have a few Super Taks - and find them just fine! Lots of atrocious lenses have multi coating, and as Attila will agree I suspect, many a single coated lens is overlooked by 'coating snobs' who would not recognise a great lens by its results, only its specifications?
A bit like thinking that a 100watt rms >01 distortion spec. hi-fi will make barry manilow sound like Sinatra? lol
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Flor27
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Flor27 wrote:
SMC coating versus non SMC tests has to be done with sun in the field of view as it's one of the feature announced by Asahi Optical Co. Ltd : reducing the amount of reflected light.
See this article from AOIC.it : http://www.aohc.it/selart07e.htm
SMC stands for Super Multi Coated, while Super Takumar are juste M42 Takumar lenses with auto aperture pin. Thus, all SMC (or earlier Super-Multi-Coated) are also "Super" Takumar 
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