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kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Very rarely seen cine primes made in Nanjing in 1960's in excellent conditions. Like 1 small

These are even rarer than Beijing made Changcheng, and Gansu mede 35mm cine primes. They are not mine. They look like Zeiss 1st generation 35mm cine primes. They were expensive then. You can tell this by their well made packing cases.

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

Very nice, they do however remind me of russian glass, the Lomo Lens OKS6-75-1 75mm F2, OKS1-50-6 50mm F2
and OKS8-35-1 35mm F2 for instance, all for KONVAS film camera.

Mos6502 · Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 961 Location: Austin

Firstflex 35 by Berang Berang, on Flickr

Tokinon 2.8/45. Serial numbers indicate production run of about 3000 units. These were the standard lens for the Firstflex 35, an obscure Japanese SLR introduced in 1958 that was produced in small quantities. It uses an Exakta bayonet, but won't mount on an Exakta or my Exakta-Canon adapter due to very minor differences, Exakta lenses however will mount on the Firstflex just fine.

I did find that one of my extension tube set could take the Tokinon so I did make a few tests with it doing close ups.

tokinon 2.8/45 test by Berang Berang, on Flickr

tokinon 2.8/45 boke by Berang Berang, on Flickr

Not too bad for sharpness considering it is either a triplet or a tessar with front element focusing. Sparkly boke' too.

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Thanks for sharing! Thank you!

That is an interesting camera and lens. I never heard of them before. Like 1 small

Oldhand · Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 7:04 am Post subject:

So many rare lenses from China that we have never seen, nor even heard of in the west.
Your collection must be very impressive kievuser - congratulations.
The Tokinon certainly makes good images and is the first that I have seen.
Tom

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

A recently appeared rare lens, a 100mm F5.6 UV Chunguang brand lens made in Changchun, Jilin province of China. It is not mine either. Thank You Dog

When and how many were made are unclear.

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Big Dawg · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama

I've never collected nor used many Russian lens and never used a Chinese lens but I have used a Carl Zeiss Jenna 300mm Olympic Sonnar f4 preset lens in Pentacon Six mount. Loved it but since I already had a red MC 300 f4 lens I sold it off. I regret it to this day.

Big Dawg · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama

Here are some that can be found if you really keep looking. The Vivitar Chrome Nose lens.

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Big Dawg, Many thanks for sharing. Like 1 small

Those chrome-nose Vivitar lenses are amazing. I think they are quite rare as I never saw them before. There was a trend in the 60-70's for chrome-nose lenses, Canon FD, Olympus Zuiko, and a few others. These look more beautiful IMO, but perhaps more costly to build.

I once owned a 300mm F4.5 lens also made by Carl Zeiss Jena, but I forgot its name.I sold it for its weight. I still own many Carl Zeiss Jena optics. I am very pleased with the image quality of Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 65/2.8. It is a relatively uncommon lens among P6 mount optics.

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Here is one of the rarely seen aerial photography lenses. There are many types and specifications of this type of lenses. I am hunting the one for a fighter plane, J-7 that is very sharp!

Big Dawg · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama

Big Dawg · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama

Another rare Vivitar lens and covered here....http://forum.mflenses.com/the-rare-vivitar-250mm-f-4-5-pre-set-lens-t32587.html

Finally determined to be a Norita made lens.

kievuser · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 551

Excellent results! Like 1

I like the images of the two small birds most. Happy Dog

I have a hamster now at home,and once I had a white one. I find them smarter than what we thought they were. It was wearing a vintage Chinese mechanical watch of 1970's. Smile

Big Dawg · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama

Amazing!! Did not know they could tell time!

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

Guess my rare russian space lens ZIKAR-1 f1.2/100mm fits here...

GrahamR · Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 55

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Oldhand · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:26 pm Post subject:

Not exactly rare, but certainly interesting.
Here is the only zoom lens made for the Mamiya RB67.
Built in leaf shutter like all RB67 lenses.
Since the RB67 has rack and pinion focusing on a bellows, one might wonder about the focusing helicoid on the lens itself.
As well, it has two IR marks on the barrel for each end of the zoom range..
14 elements in 12 groups
At f5.2 it is not super fast, but then again, nothing about the RB67 is super fast Smile

Tom

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kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

What a beauty Tom!!

michelb · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:38 am Post subject:

Minolta MD ZOOM ROKKOR-X 40-80mm F 2.8 from 1976

michelb · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:44 am Post subject:

Minolta AF 85mm F 1.4 G (D) Limited

Side by side with Minolta AF 85mm F 1.4 (D)

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