Editing Takumar (section)

{{Short description|Camera lens brand used by Asahi/Pentax}}
[[Image:tak 200 35 ft.jpg|thumb|right|Takumar 1:3.5/200mm]]

'''Takumar''' is the name that [[Pentax|Asahi Optical]] gave to its [[Photographic lens|lenses]], notably but not exclusively those for its own [[Single-lens reflex camera|SLR]] cameras. Named after the Japanese-American portrait painter,<!-- Niimi says 芸術家, which has a wider and potentially grander meaning --> {{nihongo|[[Takuma Kajiwara]]|梶原啄磨|Kajiwara Takuma}},<ref>{{in lang|ja}}&nbsp;Niimi Kahee (新見嘉兵衛), ''Kamera-mei no gogen sanpo'' (カメラ名の語源散歩, Strolls in the etymology of camera names), 2nd ed. (Tokyo: Shashin Kōgyō Shuppansha, 2002; {{ISBN|487956060X}}, p.18</ref> whose brother [[Kumao Kajiwara]] founded Asahi Optical.<ref>Who Was Takuma Kajiwara?; http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/search.php?searchid=5358146</ref> The name adorned its lenses until 1975, when Asahi switched from the [[M42 lens mount|M42 screw mount]] to the bayonet [[Pentax K mount|K-mount]]. K-mount lenses were simply named "SMC Pentax".  Some Takumar lenses were also made for the [[Pentax K mount|K-mount]].