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Macca
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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:53 pm Post subject: Higon Itohkogaku 200mm 4.5 |
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Macca wrote:
I picked this up for £5 a while back and haven`t had much chance to use it. I think I still haven`t got infinity focus spot on but found a nice model through the week when I least expected it.
I was too slow at squeezing a few off here, the next frame he was behind a tree...
The light was a mixed bag. It`s a preset, long, slim lightweight lens with aperture blades nearer the front than rear, it has nice colours and light gathering properties though I`m not sure I`ve got the best of it here. Mostly shot between f5.6 to f8
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Gurdie
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Gurdie wrote:
Congrats from another Higon owner!
(I have a 135/3.5 pre-set in T2 mount: http://forum.mflenses.com/itohkogaku-higon-135-3-5-preset-samples-t19061,highlight,%2Bhigon.html)
Can You show a pic of the lens?
A very interesting looking horse, by the way.
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std
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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std wrote:
Seems like a nice lens to me,
and your model is very cute 
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DR.JUAN
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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DR.JUAN wrote:
Nice, very nice images.
A bit overexposed? Perhaps the lens is prone to flare or mi monitor is out of order.  |
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Macca
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Macca wrote:
Thanks Gurdie, here are some quick shots of the lens, taken tonight...
Next to a supertakumar
It has 12 blades and is probably? a T2 mount that just arrived though this one doesn`t screw right to the end of the lens, I tried a YS adapter which screws to the end but couldn`t quite hit infinity ( that`s the one I used in these shots).
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Macca
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Macca wrote:
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Seems like a nice lens to me,
and your model is very cute |
Thanks, the model is a Clydesdale, now officially a rare breed they were bred in Lanarkshire as big work horses in the days before steam and tractor engines, big beautiful animals, the ground vibrates some when they canter!
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Macca
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Macca wrote:
| DR.JUAN wrote: |
Nice, very nice images.
A bit overexposed? Perhaps the lens is prone to flare or mi monitor is out of order. |
Thanks, I didn`t have a 52mm hood with me and I think it would have benefitted from that..some pp added to try and reduce the flaring effects on contrast etc. It`s probably single coated. It has some interesting flare effects, this one is from my only other time out with it..
no pp in that one, I would like to use it in more varied lighting conditions, the t2 adapter focuses it beyond infinity also so I may try that out.
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Himself
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Himself wrote:
Damn the lens!
I like Mr.Clydesdale!
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Gurdie
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Gurdie wrote:
Your Higon 200/4.5 lens look similar than my 135/3.5 lens, black finish, red diamond, lettering and so on. I´ve seen a pic of Higon 400/6.3 lens with similar markings.
So probably it is a manufacturer´s own brand and they had a lens line.
I´ve found also mentions about
Itoh 35/2.8 Auto Higon,
Itoh Kogaku Tele Higon 135/2.8
Itohkogaku Higon 300/5.6 and
Itoh Kogaku Higon 100-200/5.6 zoom lenses.
In Japan, there´s a company called Ito Kogaku Kogyo, which seems to manufacture optical lenses for spectacles, or something like that. They have about 50 patents for lens coatings and such.
This is a pure guess, but maybe this Ito company (using Itoh spelling) tried to get into lens business sometime in 60 – 70´s, maybe they manufactured lenses for other brands, too. Soligor?
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Macca
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Macca wrote:
Himself  Yes he is a nice beastie!
Gurdie I read on a vintage binocular collectors blog they were a respected binocular manufacturer, as you say the probably branched into lenses for a while. It is a very "telescopic" piece in its design!
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