Today’s curiosity: many people know that the Takumars’ “dreaded,” radioactive lens element is the glued pair in the back block, but few have it that only one of these elements is actually radioactive. The picture below shows the rear pair of S-M-C Takumar 1.4/50 waiting to be re-glued. The image is not colored, the thorium lens element really has that color compared to the thorium-free one. More interesting about the 50mm Takumars: hispan.hu/takumar-test #takumar #takumarlens #takumar50mmf14 #takumar50mm #asahi #vintagetech #vintagelensrepair #vintagegear #cameragear #lensrescue #lensrepair #hispansphotoblog #mik #ikozosseg #radioactive #radioactivelens #thorium #thoriumlens #vintagelens #vintagelensrepair #manualfocus #manuallens #analogfeatures #analogisnotdead #glass #opticalglass https://www.instagram.com/p/CLje4XuhsT4/?igshid=yv4970pyrquy
