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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:24 pm    Post subject: Dixi lenses Reply with quote
I have come across two manual lenses which puzzle me. A 35mm 2.8 and a 135mm 2.8 with the name "Dixi". They both have green writing and a "Made in Japan" inscription. Do any of you know who produced them? One of them has a Minolta front cover but whether it's original is uncertain.

I haven't had the time to test them and see if they're any good.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Certainly a merchants brand. There were hundreds.
No way to tell who the makers were, unless you post pictures, to check if they match known models. Even then ID isn't guaranteed.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They look like this.





PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look very much like Sankyo/Sankor auto models, based on style, engraving, etc., from the early 1970s.
Similar types were also seen in YS interchangeable mount, but these are fixed mounts.
I could be wrong of course.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I second that. Sankor would be my guess too after seeing the "E" suffix Wink

First time I see lenses branded "Dixi", where are their orgin?


PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sankors. I have the 35mm, it's quite good.

Sankors appeared under literally dozens of brands, but Dixi is a new one on me.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
I second that. Sankor would be my guess too after seeing the "E" suffix Wink

First time I see lenses branded "Dixi", where are their orgin?

These ones are bought in Denmark - and I've seen a couple of them on our national equivalent of Ebay so it seems likely that it's a brand available here some decades ago. But who imported them and labelled them is unknown to me. A German brand merchant seems likely?

Any info on who Sankyo/Sankor was? Are they the same company as Nidec Sankyo?


PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
scheindk wrote:
Nordentro wrote:
I second that. Sankor would be my guess too after seeing the "E" suffix Wink

First time I see lenses branded "Dixi", where are their orgin?

These ones are bought in Denmark - and I've seen a couple of them on our national equivalent of Ebay so it seems likely that it's a brand available here some decades ago. But who imported them and labelled them is unknown to me. A German brand merchant seems likely?


Never seen that brand before .. Could it be from DIXon's (uk) ??


PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The older Sankor lenses was sold under "Seriese" branding in the UK


PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
The older Sankor lenses was sold under "Seriese" branding in the UK


The older Sankors are to be found in lots of brands in the UK, it seems that almost every small chain sold them in their own branding. I did have a list I'd made of brands I'd seen Sankors under and it was long.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dixons sold Prinzflex as their house brand, along with some other lenses as well.
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