# Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (7-element)

- Brand: Asahi Pentax
- Mount: M42
- Focal length: 50mm
- Max aperture: f/1.4
- Optics: 7 elements / 6 groups
- Min focus: 0.45 m
- Filter thread: 49mm
- Production: c. 1965-1971
- Thoriated glass: yes (mildly radioactive; yellows with age; UV exposure largely reverses the cast)

The standard-setter: the 7-element redesign with a thoriated rear group. Sharper wide open than the 8-element it replaced, and the reason so many M42 kits built around a 50/1.4.

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Source: ShutterFile (https://shutterfile.com/m42/super-takumar-50-1-4/). Production dates are catalog-era approximations (c. = circa); independent reference, not affiliated with any manufacturer.