Chinon lenses
Posted 09/10/2012 - 13:43
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I have a Pentax M 50mm f1.7 which is fine, so I have no particular wish to buy one of the Chinon 50's. I do, however, have Chinon 28mm f2.8 (of which there are many variants) and it's pretty much as sharp as anything I have.
Andrew
Andrew
Posted 10/10/2012 - 08:33
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There is one quite exceptional Chinon that's worth having but
they are as rare as hens teeth It's the 100mm f/2.8
with the apertures going in the opposite way to normal.
It's sold under several different brands. I managed to persuade
a collector friend to part with his mint copy a couple of years ago.
This is the Porst branded one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/praktinafan/sets/72157625736442408/show/
And some extra info:
http://forum.mflenses.com/chinonflex-100mm-f-2-8-in-m42-mount-t18348.html
If Spotmatic's got one it must be good
I'm not selling mine by theway
they are as rare as hens teeth It's the 100mm f/2.8
with the apertures going in the opposite way to normal.
It's sold under several different brands. I managed to persuade
a collector friend to part with his mint copy a couple of years ago.
This is the Porst branded one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/praktinafan/sets/72157625736442408/show/
And some extra info:
http://forum.mflenses.com/chinonflex-100mm-f-2-8-in-m42-mount-t18348.html
If Spotmatic's got one it must be good
I'm not selling mine by theway
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Algi
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Algi
Posted 12/10/2012 - 23:29
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The Auto Chinon 50mm f/1.4 (£31 off eBay, attached to a A3 film body) is quite nice, but a bit 'dreamy' fully open :
Sue at f1.4 by kh1234567890, on Flickr
Sue at f1.4 by kh1234567890, on Flickr
Posted 16/10/2012 - 10:01
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I've just posted a new thread above about this lens (Chinon f1.4)before I saw this thread, doh! An excellent lens in my opinion and you have answered my question about value!
Posted 31/10/2012 - 08:55
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To John Riley. Chinon were the cameras I started with and they were NOT a Dixons own brand. They could be bought all over the world. It was just that Dixons had the sole rights to selling them in the UK. If I had any questions I used to FAX Chinon in Japan in the evening and always had a reply by the next morning. Some staff in Dixons (who knew nothing and could not answer questions) even thought that Chinon was a Dixons own brand. Chinon made most of Kodaks compact cameras and Kodak had shares in Chinon. In the end Kodak actually bought enough shares so they owned 50.1% of the company. Yes 50.1% NOT 51%. The owner of the company was a Mr. Chino.
CHEERS Vic.
CHEERS Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.
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12 years
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I spent some time in Mr Cads in Croydon a few weeks back, and they had a fair number of Chinons, all in reasonable looking condition. I kept asking about them but I couldn't get one positive comment out of the shop guys (all older men who've been in the business for donkeys) - they wouldn't recommend any of them.
They did offer some praise for a Tamron Adaptall 135mm f2.8, which I did buy ( and they recommended the range in general). So far I'm happy with the way the lens works, it packs a real punch for the money, but I don't have any scientific comparisons to hand.
Its hard to know if there is just a lot of snobbery out there about certain brands based on on their original marketing?