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This video compares the performance of two popular and excellent vintage lenses – the 8 and 7 element Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4s.

It briefly describes the four main versions of the Takumar f1.4 lenses, and then presents a variety of tests of the Super-Takumar lenses – stopped-down and wide-open.

It ends with a discussion of whether the 8 elements version is worth its premium over the 7 elements version.

Here are links to the different sections:

00:00 Introduction
00:49 The 4 main Takumar 50mm f1.4 lenses
04:53 Which one is the best lens optically?
06:45 8 v 7 element stopped-down performance
09:10 8 v 7 element wide-open performance
14:47 Conclusions

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