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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:09 am    Post subject: Hanimex H-Mount Reply with quote

Does anyone happen to remember the H mount? I recently bought a Hanimex 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens but when I received it I found it had a 47mm screw thread instead of the 'normal' 42mm. I suspect Hanimex was reselling Tokina 47mm screw mount lenses and relabeling them as an H mount but haven't been able find any confirming info. I've been asking on several different forums but so far the H mount remains a mystery, remembered in name only. You can see the lens here: http://www.m42lens.com/m42-lens-database/390-hanimex-mirror-lens-300mm-f-6-3
Thanks, Robert


PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:55 am    Post subject: Re: Hanimex H-Mount Reply with quote

Riggson wrote:
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You can see the lens here: http://www.m42lens.com/m42-lens-database/390-hanimex-mirror-lens-300mm-f-6-3
Thanks, Robert



Welcome, Robert.

I can't help you with the H mount, but I've quoted your link so it will be visible.
After you've made an initial post, you should be able to include links and photos in your messages.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

H-mount was a mount similar to T-mount but not compatible with it. You needed an adapter ring to mount it on a camera:
https://www.heritagecameras.co.uk/hanimex-h-mount---a-different-take-on-interchangeable-lens-mounts-55-c.asp

There is an adapter on Ebay that can apperently convert it to m42. Then you can convert that to any mount you want it on.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-METAL-H-HANIMEX-LENS-MOUNT-ADAPTER-for-PENTAX-M42-SCREW-MOUNT-CAMERAS-CAMERA-/172735147932


PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Hanimex H-Mount Reply with quote

55 wrote:
Riggson wrote:
. . .
You can see the lens here: http://www.m42lens.com/m42-lens-database/390-hanimex-mirror-lens-300mm-f-6-3
Thanks, Robert



Welcome, Robert.

I can't help you with the H mount, but I've quoted your link so it will be visible.
After you've made an initial post, you should be able to include links and photos in your messages.


Thanks for the bump. Haven't had a chance to use the lens due to work but wanted to show it, hence the link.
Robert


PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

D1N0 wrote:
H-mount was a mount similar to T-mount but not compatible with it. You needed an adapter ring to mount it on a camera:
https://www.heritagecameras.co.uk/hanimex-h-mount---a-different-take-on-interchangeable-lens-mounts-55-c.asp


Exactly. The H mount is 47mm, the T mount is 42mm. Tokina also had a 47mm screw mount so I am assuming Hanimex resold the Tokina lenses under their marque and changed the name of the mount to H-mount. Haven't found any supporting evidence other than the screw mount size being identical.

IIRC, Tokina sold the 47mm screw mount around '63-'65 to compete with Tamron's T-mount

D1N0 wrote:
There is an adapter on Ebay that can apperently convert it to m42. Then you can convert that to any mount you want it on.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-METAL-H-HANIMEX-LENS-MOUNT-ADAPTER-for-PENTAX-M42-SCREW-MOUNT-CAMERAS-CAMERA-/172735147932


Thanks for the link. Hanimex apparently had adapters to M42, Exacta & Minolta available. Fortunaately, I was able to fashion an adapter to K-mount from parts in my junk box, so I can mount it on my K-70 easily.

Thanks, Robert


PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The heritage cameras blog page (link above) implies that the 47mm mount was a hanimex thing, presumably commissioned from tokina. What we do know is that its not just found on hanimex's but on other rebrands of the classic tokyo koki lenses of the 1960's - Cunor, Palinar etc


PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto, the 47mm mount is seen on many other importers lenses. Especially so in the US I think. Hanimex never had much presence (not none, but less than many others) in the US is my impression, going by frequency in US eBay. It was more of a Britain and colonies thing.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Question is are different 47mm threads compatible? T-mount and m42 aren't because of different thread width's despite having the same diameter. But that may have been to prevent people from directly mounting them on a m42 mount camera.