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jamaeolus wrote:
I have read that there were hundreds of manufacturers in Japan at the time. With wholesalers selling components and manufacturers sometimes crafting their own glass or specifying to suppliers. Also that quality of the lenses was not necessarily a function of volume. That some manufacturers would have both excellent lenses and crappy lenses, as they were manufacturing to spec, then rebranding stock. The only thing for sure is try them, keep it if you like, sell if you don't. Watch e-bay prices on AUCTIONS, or search a decent reseller such as KEH, to get an idea of a real price. BIN prices can definitely be pie in the sky. Komura seems to have a pretty good reputation. Lenses consistently command prices an order of magnitude above similar, tower (sears), hanimex, soligor lenses of the era. _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |