chinon

[aussiesnapper]

Hi , does any one know what mount these are . are they 42mm and are the lenses any good.
Dave

Vintage Chinon CM - 4S with three (3) lenses and case, filters, metal hood and camera bag. Lens one (1) is Auto Promura C.P. Hi - Lux MC 1 : 2.8 f = 28mm with metal hood and filter Muscam 1A 55 mm. Lens two (2) is Auto Promura C.P. Hi - Lux MC 1 : 3.9 f = 75 - 150 mm 58.with filter 58mm Muscam with case. Lens three (3) is Auto Chinon 1 : 1.9 50mm with Muscam 1A 49mm filter and rubber hood and case and two (2) spare filters prisma 49mm 81A and vinson 46mm 82A.

this may interest someone to its not mine an add on local site but i will give details if anyone wants them.
Selling my Bronica RF645 Medium Format Rangefinder Camera, Perfect condition, has had less than 20 rolls of film through it, 65mm lens in perfect condition, this Medium Format Camera is about the same size as a 35mm Camera and very light. Great Camera for landscape. Bought at Adorama in New York, display model for $900, selling for $500 pick-up only!

[Attila]

I suppose Luis able to answer , I have no clue about these lenses.

[aussiesnapper]

thanks Attila

[peterqd]

Hi Dave, this camera will have the Pentax K bayonet mount. The M42 Chinons stopped at series 3. Don't know anything about these lenses, sorry. I'd guess they're not fantastic.
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/chinon.htm

[luisalegria]

I'd guess the 75-150 3.9 is from the late 1970's-early 1980's. It was sold under a range of the cheaper brands, and probably isn't by the remaining big players in the third party/OEM lens business of the time. Its not a Sigma, Tokina, Kiron under another name. Its not a Sun likewise.

Cosina ? Possibly.

[aussiesnapper]

cheers guys thanks for that

[jonhock]

Hi there every body!
This is my first post in this forum. Glad to be here!
I have a Chinon CM-5 manual focus camera and a 1:1.9 50mm chinon lens. They are both Pentax mount. From what I've read, aside from the M42 mount, the Chinons are all pentax mount. See <ChinonIndustries, Wikipedia.

[martinsmith99]

Welcome to the forum!

I'm glad you like Chinons. Very good cameras IMO.

[Poolhall]

Agreed I picked up a CE-5 and winder cheap a few weeks ago and I am very impressed with it, I like the way the aperture setting is visible in the viewfinder via a little mirror, and the 1.7/50 lens seems reasonable too

[CaptainPenguin]

Had a chinon CE4s as my very first camera and it was excellent all the Chinon's from the 4 onward were PK mount but they did M42 mount cameras and lenses prior to that

[martinsmith99]

[Blue]

[qqbingbing]

I will take the RF645 if you can ship to the UK. LOL

[Jack Conrad]

I've got a CM-5 also. My only complaint about it is it has a hair trigger between reading the meter light and the shutter firing. I blow several shots every roll. Snappy camera. Just a little toooo snappy for me.

[martinsmith99]

[peterqd]

The old Prakticas (up to the Nova 1B) had that system too. I used to like it very much, because it always gave a DOF preview before firing. I believe the reason it was changed was because people were releasing the button too early and opening the aperture before the shutter had closed, but this can't happen on the CM-3 because the shutter and the aperture stopdown are interlinked. Like the Prakticas, the aperture closes before the shutter fires but it doesn't open again until the shutter has closed, whether on manual or auto, even if you release the button early. And on auto the camera automatically gives the meter time to register the light and calculate the shutter speed before releasing the shutter, even if you snatch at the button.

The only problems I've come across is camera shake, because of the long travel of the button. You need to train yourself to squeeze it gently, like firing a rifle.