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== Honor 50mm f/2 ==
 
== Honor 50mm f/2 ==
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The '''Honor 50mm f/2''' was certainly the first lens badged by [[Zuihō]]. It was mentioned in a column of the December 1959 issue of {{NCA}}, announcing the [[Honor SL]] camera.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.379. </REF> The lens has six elements in four groups.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.379, after {{NCA}} December 1959. </REF>
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The '''Honor 50mm f/2''' was certainly the first lens badged by [[Zuihō]]. It appears on the [[Honor S1]] in the July 1959 issue of {{SK}},<REF> Column in {{SK}} July 1959, p.39. </REF> and on the [[Honor SL]] in the December 1959 issue of {{NCA}}.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.379. </REF>
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The lens has six elements in four groups.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.379, after {{NCA}} December 1959. </REF>
  
 
== Honor 50mm f/1.9 ==
 
== Honor 50mm f/1.9 ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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=== Original documents ===
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* {{SK}} no.87, July 1959. "Line-Up: Kokusan fōkaru purēn shattā tsuki 35-miri kamera" (国産フォーカル・プレーンシャッター付35ミリカメラ, Japanese 35mm cameras with focal-plane shutter). Pp.38–9.
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=== Recent sources ===
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* {{Showa10}}
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* Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Kokusan Barunakku-gata kamera: Ōnā, Ichikon" (国産バルナック型カメラ・オーナー、イチコン, Japanese Leica-type cameras: Honor, Ichicon). In {{KKS037}} Pp.56–7.
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* Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Ōnā 35 S1" (オーナー35S1, Honor 35 S1). In {{CCN}} no.35 (May 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
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* Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Ōnā SL" (オーナーSL, Honor SL). In {{CCN}} no.36 (June 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
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* Christies auction catalogues:
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** ''Leica, Nikon and Canon, Leica copies and 35mm cameras''. June 8, 1995, lot no.47.
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** ''Cameras and optical toys''. Nov. 24, 1994, lot no.232.
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** ''Cameras and optical toys''. Aug. 31, 1995, lots no.35, 46 and 47.
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* {{HPR}} Pp.183–90.
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* {{300LC}} Pp.200–2.
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* {{Zukan}} Items 3274–5.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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In English:
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* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/copies/honor.htm Honor family] and [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/copies/hlens.htm W.Honor 35mm f/3.5 lens] at [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rindex.htm Pacific Rim Camera]
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* Honor lenses in the [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/honor.htm Honor family] at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]
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* Honor 50mm f/2 on a [http://www.kuroneko-camera.com/cameras/honor_s1_ii.html Honor S1] at [http://www.kuroneko-camera.com/index.html Kuroneko Camera]
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* Honor 50mm f/2 on a [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_h/honor_s1_2.htm Honor S1] and on a [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_h/honor_sl.htm Honor SL] at Ian Norris' [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/home.htm Prime Lens]
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* Honor 50mm f/1.9 on a Honor SL among [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/copieleicaIII.html copies of the Leica III] at Massimo Bertacchi's [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Innovative Cameras]
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* Past sales by [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?lang=3 Westlicht]:
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** Honor 50mm f/2 on a Honor S1: [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=94174&acat=94174&offset=1&_ssl=off lot no.340] of auction no.12 (November 17, 2007)
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** Honor 50mm f/1.9 on a Honor SL: [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=133075&acat=133075&offset=1&_ssl=off lot no.426] of auction no.14 (November 30, 2008)
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* Honor 50mm f/2 on a Honor S1: [http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/fullcataloguese.asp?salelot=2383+++++408+&refno=++722680 lot no.408] of the [http://www.skinnerinc.com/toys-dolls-collectibles-auction.php?fam=17&id=447 October 28, 2007 auction] by [http://www.skinnerinc.com/ Skinner]
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* Honor 50mm f/1.9 on a Honor SL: [http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4190369 lot no.604] of auction no.9741 (November 18, 2003) by [http://www.christies.com Christies]
  
 
[[Category: 39mm screw mount]]
 
[[Category: 39mm screw mount]]
 
[[Category: Japanese lenses]]
 
[[Category: Japanese lenses]]

Revision as of 15:50, 15 April 2009

This is a work in progress.

The Honor lenses in Leica screw mount were offered by Zuihō Kōgaku Seiki for its Honor S1 and Honor SL rangefinder cameras. These lenses rarely appear in original Japanese documents, and they were perhaps made for export only.

Rebadged products

It is extremely likely that these lenses were supplied to Zuihō by some subcontractor. Some sources say that the 50mm Honor lenses were made by Konishiroku.[1] This assumption is not supported by any original document, and might be a guess relying on the fact that Konishiroku was Zuihō's former lens supplier, and on the common aperture of the Hexanon f/1.9 and Honor f/1.9. It seems rather illogical, because Konishiroku was a prestigious company, which is not known to have supplied OEM products, and Zuihō would have gained little by selling Hexanon lenses under its own less illustrious brand. It seems more plausible that Zuihō decided to find a cheaper lens supplier, to offer the camera at a lower price, or that Konishiroku decided to stop the production of Leica-mount lenses, forcing Zuihō to find an alternative.

Honor 50mm f/2

The Honor 50mm f/2 was certainly the first lens badged by Zuihō. It appears on the Honor S1 in the July 1959 issue of Shashin Kōgyō,[2] and on the Honor SL in the December 1959 issue of Nihon Camera.[3]

The lens has six elements in four groups.[4]

Honor 50mm f/1.9

Honor or W.Honor 35mm f/3.5

Notes

  1. ↑ HPR, pp.188 and 415, this page by Ian Norris, this page at Kuroneko Camera, this page and this page at Pacific Rim Camera.
  2. ↑ Column in Shashin Kōgyō July 1959, p.39.
  3. ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.379.
  4. ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.379, after Nihon Camera December 1959.

Bibliography

Original documents

  • Shashin Kōgyō no.87, July 1959. "Line-Up: Kokusan fōkaru purēn shattā tsuki 35-miri kamera" (国産フォーカル・プレーンシャッター付35ミリカメラ, Japanese 35mm cameras with focal-plane shutter). Pp.38–9.

Recent sources

  • Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
  • Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Kokusan Barunakku-gata kamera: Ōnā, Ichikon" (国産バルナック型カメラ・オーナー、イチコン, Japanese Leica-type cameras: Honor, Ichicon). In Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.37, March 1996. No ISBN number. Leica Book '96 (ライカブック'96). Pp.56–7.
  • Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Ōnā 35 S1" (オーナー35S1, Honor 35 S1). In Camera Collectors' News no.35 (May 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
  • Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Ōnā SL" (オーナーSL, Honor SL). In Camera Collectors' News no.36 (June 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
  • Christies auction catalogues:
    • Leica, Nikon and Canon, Leica copies and 35mm cameras. June 8, 1995, lot no.47.
    • Cameras and optical toys. Nov. 24, 1994, lot no.232.
    • Cameras and optical toys. Aug. 31, 1995, lots no.35, 46 and 47.
  • HPR. Leica Copies. London: Classic Collection Publications, 1994. ISBN 1-874485-05-4. Pp.183–90.
  • Pont, P.-H., and Princelle, J.-L. 300 Leica Copies. Neuilly: Fotosaga, 1990. ISBN 2-906840-03-3. Pp.200–2.
  • Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 3274–5.

Links

In English:

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