Super-Takumar 35mm f/3.5

The compact wide that made 35mm the walkaround focal length for a generation of Spotmatic shooters. Tiny, all-metal, and nearly indestructible.

35mmFOCAL LENGTH

f/3.5MAX APERTURE

5e / 4gOPTICS

49mmFILTER

BRANDAsahi Pentax

MOUNTM42

PRODUCTIONc. 1962-1971

MIN FOCUS0.45 m

Before you buy

Aperture blades: dry and snappy. Oil on the blades is the mount's most common disease and a real repair cost.
Look through the glass at a light: haze, fungus threads, and balsam separation all announce themselves. Cleaning marks on front coatings matter less than sellers fear.
Focus ring: smooth, even resistance end to end. Grit or a loose helicoid means a reluble at minimum.
Thoriated designs yellow with age. A week of indirect UV largely reverses it; factor the cast into what you pay.
Auto/Manual switch and pin function: the stop-down pin should move freely and the switch should actually stop down.

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Adapters for this mount
M42 adapters for modern mirrorless bodies