luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
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Location: San Francisco, USA
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:23 am Post subject: Lentar (Tokina?) 200/4.5 preset - another lens of many names |
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luisalegria wrote:
This lens is all over the Internet, sold under at least 10 aliases, but the design is distinctive and impossible to miss -
Here it is (right) with its 135/3.5 cousin (Sears brand, on the left, thank you Andy !). I've seen it sold as a Tele-Tokina, so thats what it probably is, a very early Tokina, probably from the mid to late 1960's, the height of the T2-preset third-party lens era.
Lentar was a distributors brand prevalent in the US for about a decade, late 1960's-early 1970's, and it seems most of what they sold was various types of Tokina, preset and automatic. But this lens can also be found as an Accura, Vemar, Hanimex, etc., the beginning of Tokinas status as the most prolific of the third-party makers.
Its a very standard T-mount preset, nicely and simply made, with a distinctive bulky tripod mount. Everything works, and there are no surprises, nasty ot otherwise.
As far as performance, this is a very nice lens in my opinion. Its sharp at f/4.5, and in general quite comparable for all practical purposes with my best 200mm's, within the limits of my sensor of course. Contrast is excellent, and it is extremely resistant to flare and glare.
Today we had a lovely blue mist on the water, well lit in bright sunshine on a sky cleaned by our recent rain, so all the blues were quite remarkable -
Chasing the great black&white whale, I'm still trying -
The bird -
crop -
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008
Posts: 3754
Location: Argentina
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estudleon wrote:
Hi Luis!
I like this lens. It seems to me that has a nice 3D, especially in N° 1 and 2. But all are very, very nice.
Tell my the truth, Have you mummificate birds at home? 
Enjoy these beautifull lenses. Rino.
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Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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