Blurryeyed wrote:
Actually I find them to be very similar, all of my Taks are the fully metal construction, I don't have any that have the rubberized focusing ring, my comparison is the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar, which should be the same as the SMC. The 8 element is a legendary lens and I am a Tak Collector having most of their lenses between 17mm and 200mm, with a few very expensive exceptions, so of course I have to have the 8 element in my collection. If I were just wanting a good lens I would be happy with the Super Multi Coated and in fact the 8 element can be a problem on a Canon FF where the Super Multi Coated is not.
Actually I find them to be very similar, all of my... (
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I actually have the 7 element variant, and I was wondering how much I was actually missing.