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Takumar / SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5

Pentax · Pentax 67 · 1969

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Also known as: SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5 · SMC PENTAX 67 75mm F4.5 · SMC Takumar 6x7 75mm f/4.5 · Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 6x7 75mm F4.5 · Super-Takumar 6x7 75mm f/4.5 · Pentax 67 75mm f4.5 · Pentax 6x7 75mm F4.5 · ペンタックス67 75mm F4.5 · ペンタックス 6x7 75mm · SMCタクマー6x7 75mm · SMCペンタックス67 75mmF4.5

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
Super-Takumar/6×7 1:4.5/75 (1969) Pentax 67 1969–1971 — —
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6×7 75mm f/4.5 (1971) Pentax 67 1971–1989 — —
SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5 (1989) Pentax 67 1989 — —
  1. Construction, closest focus, filter size and the 560 g of the 1989 lens are from Pentax's own documents (the SMC Pentax 67 lens brochure, the 67II catalogue, and the 1970 and 1975 Asahi Pentax catalogues as transcribed by Japanese Wikipedia). The Takumars' 600 g and all version years are from the PentaxForums lens database only.
  2. The SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/2.8 AL is a different lens and not part of this family: introduced in 2001 (PentaxForums), 7 elements in 5 groups with an aspherical element, 9 blades, f/22, 0.41 m closest focus, 67 mm filter, 92.5 × 66 mm, 560 g, hood PH-RBJ67; ¥135,000 excluding tax on Ricoh Imaging's 67II list. Japanese Wikipedia's '4群5枚' for it disagrees with the 67II catalogue's 5群7枚 and PentaxForums' 7/5; the maker's figure is used here.
  3. The SMC Pentax 67 Shift 75mm f/4.5 is also a separate lens: 9 elements in 8 groups, preset diaphragm to f/32, 97 × 106.5 mm, 950 g (Pentax 67 lens brochure; 67II catalogue). Exclude it when searching.
  4. Blade count (8) is from PentaxForums only.
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • Three engravings, one design: SUPER-TAKUMAR/6x7 (1969, single-coated), Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR/6x7 or SMC TAKUMAR 6x7 (1971–89), smc PENTAX 67 (1989 on)
  • 5 elements in 4 groups, 82 mm filter thread with bayonet-filter lugs, 0.7 m closest focus, 91.5 × 81 mm on every version; the 1989 lens is 40 g lighter
  • Not the Shift 75mm f/4.5 (preset aperture, f/32, 950 g) and not the 75mm f/2.8 AL (67 mm filter, petal hood)

Super-Takumar/6×7 1:4.5/75 (1969):

  • Engraved SUPER-TAKUMAR/6x7 1:4.5/75 (PentaxForums lens database); the single-coated first version sold with the Asahi Pentax 6×7 of 1969
  • 5 elements in 4 groups, 82 mm filter thread, 0.7 m closest focus, 91.5 × 81 mm, 600 g (PentaxForums); the September 1970 Asahi Pentax catalogue gives 4群5枚 and φ82 (Japanese Wikipedia)

Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6×7 75mm f/4.5 (1971):

  • Engraved Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR/6x7 1:4.5 75mm on the earlier lenses; later multicoated lenses carry the shortened SMC TAKUMAR 6x7 engraving that the generation list uses (PentaxForums keeps both within this 1971–89 variant)
  • Same 5/4 optics, 82 mm filter, 0.7 m and 600 g as the 1969 lens; multicoating is the only change (PentaxForums: 'optics unchanged from previous variant')

SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5 (1989):

  • Engraved smc PENTAX 67 1:4.5 75mm in the 67 cosmetics; 560 g against the Takumars' 600 g, the one physical difference PentaxForums records
  • Pentax 67II catalogue: 61°, 4群5枚, automatic diaphragm, f/22, 0.7 m, φ82, 91.5 × 81 mm, 560 g, hood PH-SA82 sold separately; supplied with case S90-140
  • Ricoh Imaging's archived 67II list: ¥100,000 excluding tax, the cheapest prime on the list

Specifications

Formula
5 elements in 4 groups, unchanged through all three versions (Asahi Pentax catalogue of September 1970 via Japanese Wikipedia; Pentax 67 lens brochure; PentaxForums)
Construction
5 elements / 4 groups
Aperture range
f/4.5–f/22
Diaphragm blades
8
Min. focus
0.7 m
Dimensions
91.5 × 81 mm
Weight
560 g
Filter
82 mm
Years manufactured
1969
Country
Japan
Coating
Single-coated on the 1969 Super-Takumar; Super-Multi-Coated from 1971; SMC on the 1989 lens
Original price
¥100,000 excluding tax for the SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5 on Ricoh Imaging's archived 67II lens list (undated; 67II era, 1998–2009). No 1969 launch price found.

What reviewers say

History

The 75mm f/4.5 is the 6×7 system’s moderate wide, 61° on the diagonal, about a 37mm equivalent, and one of the lenses that went on sale with the Asahi Pentax 6×7 in 1969. It is a simple lens: 5 elements in 4 groups, an 82 mm filter thread, 0.7 m closest focus, 91.5 mm across and 81 mm long. The design never changed. PentaxForums records three versions with the same optics; the September 1970 and January 1975 Asahi Pentax catalogues and the August 1990 Pentax 67/645 catalogue, as transcribed by Japanese Wikipedia, all give 4群5枚, and the SMC Pentax 67 brochure and the 67II catalogue print the same figures for the last version.

The versions are engravings and coatings. The Super-Takumar/6×7 1:4.5/75 of 1969 is single-coated. From 1971 the lens carries the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6×7 name, later shortened to SMC Takumar 6×7, and PentaxForums treats the two multicoated engravings as one 1971–89 run at 600 g. In 1989 it was restyled for the Pentax 67 body as the smc PENTAX 67 1:4.5 75mm, 40 g lighter at 560 g, and that lens stayed in Ricoh Imaging’s 67II list at ¥100,000 excluding tax, the cheapest prime on it, alongside the 75mm f/2.8 AL of 2001. The f/2.8 AL is a different lens (7 elements in 5 groups with an aspheric, 67 mm filters, 0.41 m) and so is the Shift 75mm f/4.5 (9 elements, preset diaphragm to f/32, 950 g); both are described only in the table notes. No launch price for 1969 was found, no Pentax document consulted dates the version changes, and no source names the designer.

Reviewers do not argue about sharpness. The PentaxForums entry averages 9.67 across twelve reviews, several from users adapting it to 35mm digital bodies, where it is called “clinically sharp” and holds its own against 35mm primes; the complaints are that it is large for its speed, that its field of view is neither wide nor normal, and that it is a little flat in character next to the 105. Steven Rasmussen on 35mmc bought it first, found it “amazingly sharp,” and moved to the Shift lens for its movements and f/32 rather than for any optical gain. Peter Stout at Shoot It With Film treats it as the system’s bargain, roughly $100 and sharp in every iteration. Nobody consulted prefers it to the 75mm f/2.8 AL on image quality; everybody notes the price gap.

Buying: the three versions are optically the same, so the 1969 single-coated lens is the one to avoid only if flare matters, and the 1989 lens is the one to pay for only if weight or matching the 67 body matters. Check the 82 mm thread and bayonet-filter lugs, the automatic diaphragm’s return, and the focus helicoid, which on fifty-year-old Takumars is often stiff with old grease. The PH-SA82 hood was sold separately. Make sure the listing is not the Shift lens, which is much heavier and has a preset aperture, and not the f/2.8 AL.

Open questions: the month of the 1971 coating change and when the engraving shortened to SMC Takumar; the 1969 price; whether the 1989 weight saving came from the barrel alone; and the end of production.

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This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.

Example photos

Sample photo taken with the Takumar / SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5
Fritjof the rural cat — Pentax 6×7 MLU, S-M-C Takumar 6×7 75mm f/4.5 at f/4.5, expired Fuji Reala 100 (Mikael Moiner) — Mikael Moiner, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Sample photo wanted — shot with a Takumar / SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5? We'd love to feature it (with credit).

Live listings

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