SMC Pentax-M 135mm f/3.5 - Mint Collector's Copy£33
Asahi Pentax 135mm f/3.5
lens
The Asahi Pentax 135mm f/3.5 typically sells for £35 (median of 39 recorded sales, 2022–2026; solid evidence).
Typical sale price
£35
median of 39 sales, 2022–2026
last 3 years: £34 (37 sales)
Solid
Middle half of sales: £20–£45
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
SMC Pentax-M£3523 sales£20–£41Super-Takumar£328 sales£17–£45SMC Takumar£307 sales£28–£45
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Takumar£40
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 2022; no trend line.
Latest sales All 40 →
Rare SMC Pentax-M 135mm F3.5 Portrait Lens - Pentax K Mount Minty£68
Pentax Asahi 135mm f/3.5 SMC Takumar Lens£25
Asahi Super Multi Coated Takumar 135mm f/3.5 M42 Mount Vintage Lens£8
● Super-Takumar◆ ▼ far below the rest
Asahi Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135mm f/3.5 M42 lens£37
What the book says
Book guide — not a sale$55–85
McKeown’s 1997–98: $55–85 (USD, mint) — a guide price, not a sale
What it is
5 elements; focus to 1.5m (5'); 18°.
— McKeown’s Price Guide, 1997–98, p. 31
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Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
SMC Pentax-M
23 sales£35FairSuper-Takumar
8 sales£32IndicativeSMC Takumar
7 sales£30IndicativeTakumar
1 saleSales onlyAuto-Takumar
0 salesNo sales yetSMC
0 salesNo sales yet
23 sales£35FairSuper-Takumar
8 sales£32IndicativeSMC Takumar
7 sales£30IndicativeTakumar
1 saleSales onlyAuto-Takumar
0 salesNo sales yetSMC
0 salesNo sales yet
Other 135mms
135mm f/2.5
17 sales£80Fair135mm f/4 (6x7) Macro
9 salesabout £102Indicative135mm f/2.8
4 salesabout £97Indicative135mm f/1.8
1 saleSales only135mm f/4 (645)
0 salesNo sales yet
17 sales£80Fair135mm f/4 (6x7) Macro
9 salesabout £102Indicative135mm f/2.8
4 salesabout £97Indicative135mm f/1.8
1 saleSales only135mm f/4 (645)
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Is the Super-Takumar 135mm f/3.5 a collectible lens?
It is a user-grade rather than trophy lens; the price is driven by optical and mechanical condition, not rarity, so collectors pay a premium only for genuinely mint, boxed examples.
Facts
- Maker
- Asahi Pentax
- Type
- lens
- Sales in the typical price
- 39
- First sale
- 31 Mar 2022
- Latest sale
- 14 Aug 2026
- Median
- £35
- Middle half
- £20–£45
- Evidence
- Solid
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Asahi Pentax 135mm f/3.5: typical sale price £35, the median of 39 recorded sales, 2022–2026, middle half £20–£45 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/135mm-f-3-5/