Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Jan 26, 2013 19:04:30 GMT -5
Hi All!, I picked up this lens at the thrift store for 4.99 USD. It looks and feels like a nice qulity lens. I don't know who made these and would like to find out something about it. All I know is that it's made in Japan.  and...  Unfortunately I don't have a working m42 mount body to try it on. I guess I'll have to buy one. Hmm, let me see......... Doug |
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lloydy
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Post by lloydy on Jan 26, 2013 19:50:24 GMT -5
I think it is the same family as a Prinzflex Auto Reflex 200 / 3.5 that I have, it's the same style and finish and the line can be found under many different names, Aragon, Hanimex, Kalimar and Prinzflex ( the house brand of the Dixons store chain in the UK ) The thinking is that they are possibly manufactured by Sun and just sold as badged lenses to different stores and retailers. My 200 is probably the worst lens I have, it looks and feels good, I love the silver finish, but try as as I might I cant get a decent picture out of it. I hope the 28 is better.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2013 19:53:15 GMT -5
Looks like Alpex also made accessory lenses for fixed lens rangefinders. Those lenses looked pretty cheap. Your's looks nicely made.
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lloydy
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Post by lloydy on Jan 27, 2013 7:04:13 GMT -5
Thye Prinflex 200 is on the right, no prizes for guessing that!  200mm Lenses by Mudplugga, on Flickr The build quality is fine, it's obviously a budget lens but still good. Optically it is poor, but it might be this copy. I bought a very cheap job lot of long M42 lenses and this was one of them. Just had a thought, is 'Alpex' short for ALlied imPEX - the company behind Miranda and Soligor ? |
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casualcollector
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Post by casualcollector on May 22, 2013 22:21:20 GMT -5
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