Sankor 200mm with interflex mount

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I've been sorting through all the lenses collected over the past two years and found this 200/4 Sankor made lens. It's still in its original box, with manuals. Both the box and manual refer to this lens as an "Interflex mount" model.

Now, I haven't tried unscrewing the mount yet, but I just presumed this was a t-mount. I will dig deeper to find out if it's the same or not. Interestingly, the "Interflex" manual shows a Soligor lens at the bottom, and it looks just like the Tamron 450/8 version!

Here's the lens, with it's typical Sankor red box. The lens has all the known Sankor signatures including the name (), serial number ending in 'E' and a triangle on the aperture scale, but without the zebra effect of the focusing barrel:







Here's the Interflex manual:



And the mount instructions:

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Incredibly, I found another 200mm Sankor in my box of "lenses I should probably sell if I'm not going to do anything with them".

This one is a 200/4.5 and has the zebra focusing barrel. It's branded Telelumax but we all know it's a Sankor deep down

This one comes with the other common Sankor feature...the brown leather case!





Boxes:

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Boo...after all that excitement it transpires that "Interflex" is just a posh word for "T-mount"

Here's the outer mount (not the best cut!!!):



And the inside of the mount still on the lens:



Here's the complete Interflex (t) mount:



So there you go...another mystery unravelled!

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Test shots (very informal!). No pp other than resize and convert to JPG. White balance set to auto on the 5D for all shots.

Sankor 200/4 @ f4



Sankor 200/4 @ f5.6



Sankor 200/4.5 @ f4.5



Sankor 200/4.5 @ f5.6

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100% crops

Sankor 200/4 @ f4



Sankor 200/4 @ f5.6



Sankor 200/4.5 @ f4.5



Sankor 200/4.5 @ f5.6

[luisalegria]

Some interesting stuff in there !

Neat kit, its great to have the original box.

The "Interflex" flyer has a range of lenses there.

The bottom long lens is a Tamron 450mm, no doubt about it.

The zoom I have seen sold as a Soligor I believe, with "zebra" designs. Also as a Miranda. I wish I knew the maker.

The 135 on top I would say is a Sankor.