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Minolta Tele.Rokkor 100mm f3.5 for Leica Thread Mount
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:30 pm    Post subject: Minolta Tele.Rokkor 100mm f3.5 for Leica Thread Mount Reply with quote

I mostly collect Minolta's SR series equipment, but recently expanded into some of the older rangefinder cameras. I managed to get this 100mm f3.5 but all I know about it is that it was introduced with the Minolta-35IIb and not many were made. If anyone has any more information, I would sure appreciate it.

Thanks,
Brad


PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That must be an old one with a short production run indeed; the "Minolta" engraving pre-dates the trademark font which was introduced with the SR-2 later the same year (1958 according to rokkorfiles) (trademark "minolta" font on the SR-2 camera, "MINOLTA" in capitals on the SR lenses)

It would be interesting to know if the optical calculation is the same as the AUTO TELE-ROKKOR QE 100mm/3.5 that was introduced with the SR-2; I would hazard a guess that it is, in which case it is a pretty good lens for the era and still very usable today.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Minolta Tele.Rokkor 100mm f3.5 for Leica Thread Mount Reply with quote

bmsmith67 wrote:
I mostly collect Minolta's SR series equipment, but recently expanded into some of the older rangefinder cameras. I managed to get this 100mm f3.5 but all I know about it is that it was introduced with the Minolta-35IIb and not many were made. If anyone has any more information, I would sure appreciate it.

Thanks,
Brad


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