What's the latest lens you added to your collection?

pepperberry farm · Joined: 02 Jan 2017 Posts: 55

this past week, two Voigtlanders:

Voigtlander 75 vs 55 by Pepperberry Farm, on Flickr

Color-Heliar 75/2.5 on the left, Nokton 55/1.2 on the right....

Doc Sharptail · Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 1234 Location: Winnipeg Canada

The Nokton looks like an interesting lens, as does the Color-Heliar.
Had a look on the provided flickr link.
How recent is the Nokton? It has the A/I-s scoop on it's mount base, and fairly modern color coding for aperture stops.

Looking forward to samples from both...

-D.S.

regentag · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

Hey,
after many years I finally found out my password for the forum and since I just made a discovery, I thought I could show it.
I'm not really a collector, but a set of Yashica M42 lenses near me caught my interest, as I shoot with Pentax. It turned out that this photo equipment was only 500m away from me. Sry for the quick and dirty pic.

Yashica by regentag fotografie, auf Flickr

All Preset Lenses except the 50 of course. From left to right:

Super Yashinon-R 1:6.3 f=40cm No.4000042 - 15 Blades Iris

Super Yashinon-R 1:2.8 f=13.5cm No.1380486 - 16 Blades Iris

Super Yashinon-R 1:3.5 f=3.5cm No.350142 - 8 Blades Iris

Auto Yashinon 1:2 f=5cm No.114632 - 6 Blades Iris

Super Yashinon-R 1:4.5 f=20cm No.2000017 - 15 Blades Iris

Yashica Reflex 35

As you can see, some of the lenses are complete with caps and original lens hoods. A nice leather case and leather quiver are also included and are in good condition. There are also 4 old close-up lenses from B&W for the 50mm, as well as a couple of remote releases.

The 135mm lens is unfortunately in bad condition, but the others are pretty good. The 50mm is really great, super sharp wide open, that alone makes me very happy. I couldn't find the 35mm online, does anyone have any information?

Cheers, Jerome.

BrianSVP · Joined: 09 Jun 2023 Posts: 369 Location: Philadelphia

regentag · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

stevemark · Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 4108 Location: Switzerland

regentag · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 670 Location: New Zealand

I won an auction in the UK for 4 cameras, including 2 Agfa SLR cameras including the not often seen 180mm lens, and a clean copy of the 90mm lens. As usual, the auction hammer price was much much less than what it took to finally get the items to my location. The 180mm lens does not have the unique depth of focus moving indicator that the other focal lengths possess.

This well used Komura 135mm lens was a somewhat cheaper buy from Yahoo Japan, but needed cleaning and a helicoid regreasing. I was unable to completely disassemble the front section of the lens, but it cleaned up enough to use.

stevemark · Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 4108 Location: Switzerland

@ alun:

Great interesting stuff, as usual when you are posting! I hope to see / hear more anout those lenses, especially since I have very little experience with those DKL mount lenses from the 1950s (or is it early 1960s?) ...

And the fast 135mm certainly is interesting too, e. g. for portraits!

S

calvin83 · Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7607 Location: Hong Kong

The 180mm should be a nice lens. The DOF moving indicator is missing on some of other lenses too as a way to reduce cost.

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 670 Location: New Zealand

[quote="stevemark"]@ alun:

Great interesting stuff, as usual when you are posting! I hope to see / hear more anout those lenses, especially since I have very little experience with those DKL mount lenses from the 1950s (or is it early 1960s?) ...

And the fast 135mm certainly is interesting too, e. g. for portraits!

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Agfa was unique among the West German leaf shutter SLR makers, they used their own mount, as opposed to variations of the DKL mount used by Voigtlander, Braun, Kodak and Edixa.

#1

These first two are test shots wide open for the 90mm F/3.4
Sharpness is so-so, once again I particularly like the colours you get with Agfa lenses for both these SLRs and the Ambisillette rangefinder.

#2

#3

This last one is the 180mm lens wide open. The sun came out slightly to show more of the mentioned colour vibrance. The long lens does have some fringing, nearly all leaf shutter long lenses seem to show this, particularly the ones with largish front elements which channel the light out through a fairly small rear element.

In other news, I have moved house, many of my test shots will feature boats in future.

visualopsins · Expire: 2025-04-11

Yes, nice colors!

Dang, that's a LOT of timber! Import or export?

BrianSVP · Joined: 09 Jun 2023 Posts: 369 Location: Philadelphia

Looking at those pics, I'm almost 100% certain that's a rebrand of the Kyoei W.Acall of the same specs. Also seen as a Petri and other brands.

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 670 Location: New Zealand

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 670 Location: New Zealand

[quote="BrianSVP"]Looking at those pics, I'm almost 100% certain that's a rebrand of the Kyoei W.Acall of the same specs. Also seen as a Petri and other brands.

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This is the first time I've seen the 35mm Kyoei lens badged as a Yashinon. Not entirely surprising though, the 135/3.5, 180/3.5 and 250/4 lenses can all be found as Yashinon lenses.

regentag · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

BrianSVP · Joined: 09 Jun 2023 Posts: 369 Location: Philadelphia

Definitely a rarity in this kit and seems to be in nice shape, too.

More common varieties of this lens would sell in the $150-$200 range, as it works well for UV photography, so with the rare branding, probably worth somewhat more.

regentag · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

stevemark · Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 4108 Location: Switzerland

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 670 Location: New Zealand

With the FTEE, Petri managed to beat some big names to produce a focal plane shuttered SLR with TTL auto exposure. Konica was first with the FTA, with the Canon EXEE following, before the Petri model. Some of the other big names were somewhat later to the party.

marcusBMG · Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1322 Location: Conwy N Wales

Minty Tokina SD 400mm f5.6 in PKA mount - not easy to find these, usually there's one or two around but at high BIN's. I got lucky!
I think I have actually posted pics before with a previous one (maybe not - can't find it if I did...). IIRC it's good-ish but just doesn't quite cross a "oh yes" rubicon.

You can see first test pics, against a sigma apo 135-400mm, here.

addendum here's a pic. Cropped, resized. pentax K3ii. F9.

stevemark · Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 4108 Location: Switzerland

@Alun: Thanks for that additional information - I wasn't aware of that!

@ Marcus: That's an interesting find indeed! I have the corresponding 2.8/135mm, 3.5/200mm and 5.6/300mm lenses from the same series, but never ever came across the Tokina SD 5.6/400mm here in Switzerland. I have, however, a German book ("Mit Objektiven gestalten" by Hans Bortsch, Laterna Magica, München 1982) where the Tokina SL is described, including the lens section. Since both lenses are [8/5] constructions, their optical computation is probably similar, if not identical. Does anyone have information about that?

While some people claim that the Tokina SL and the Konica AR 5.6/400mm lenses are clones, this is definitely wrong. The Konica AR is a quasi-apochromatic [9/5] construction, and the lens section is completely different from the Tokina SL.

S