This 100mm f3.5 Takumar lens for the Pentax AP was based on Asahiflex lens elements. It was supposedly it never went into production, but at least two of them are owned by Pentax Collectors at this time. Here you see it mounted on a Tower 26, US version of the AP, sold through Sears Roebuck & Co. mail retailers.

photo courtesy Preston Cook

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