This is identical to my SMC Tak 300/4. I'm sure it's original.
Paul
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>
> Here are some photos of a SMC Takumar 1:4/300 with tripod mount.
> I got it used so I've no idea if it is original, but does match the one on
> the K 400/5.6 that I have.
>
> http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/t300-0.jpg
> http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/t300-1.jpg
> http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/t300-2.jpg
> http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/t300-3.jpg
>
> Regards, Bob S.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > My 300/4 screwmount has a tripod mount. It's a Super Multi Coated
> > Takumar, the last of the screwmount 300s.
>
> Mine is labeled "Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4/300", and does not
> have the tripod mount. Got it for a song, because there was a loose
> screw clinking around inside it, near the aperture mechanism, and had
> it completely overhauled by Pentax. Total cost, for a lens that now
> looks and feels absolutely brand new, was about $150. :-) At the
> time, I asked my Pentax service tech whether it was supposed to have a
> tripod mount, so that I'd know to look for a used one, but he said
> there never was one for this model. He may have been mistaken, of
> course -- but he's a collector himself, and very, very knowledgeable,
> so I tend to doubt it. Still, there is an area just behind the
> Auto/Manual selector ring, where a tripod mount collar might fit...
>
> I'll see if I can get some digital photos of the lens posted...
>
> -tih >>
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