For Sale FS: TOMIOKA (AUTO CHINON) 55 f1.2 M42 mount lens - Excellent US$475 + PP fees

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CONDITION:
OPTICS: Glass externally flawless. No fungus, haze, cleaning marks or scratches. There are a couple of small dust specks internally (no effect on pictures taken).
Aperture blades are like new, operating smoothly with each aperture stop. 8 aperture blades for smooth bokeh. Aperture range f1.2 to f16, also with half-stops.
EXTERNALLY: only minor rubs to the top edge of some rings.

Note: Photos are recent (even though I have watermarked them as 2013) - they were all taken in 2015.

LENS MODEL DETAILS
The Tomioka lens company produced many lenses for other retailers, under names like Yashica (Yashinon) and Chinon. Early examples of the lens design were produced under Tomioka’s own name, such as the example for sale here.
There are many Internet sites devoted to this lens, some of which are:
http://tinyurl.com/qgseymb

Dead Link Removed - The lens I am selling is on line number 2 in the first post here.


http://agedglass.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/to-mioka-or-not-to-mioka.


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/norm_p/25526

 

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