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| − | ''' | + | '''Y.K. Optical''' was a small company based in Yokohama (Japan). It used the brand names '''Kobalux''' and '''Avenon''' for two wide-angle lenses. Avenon was the name used within Japan. These lenses were also available under other names, such as '''Pasoptik''',<REF> See a picture in [http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00DbeD this page at photo.net]. </REF> '''Bower''' and '''Adorama''', perhaps also '''Avenar'''<REF> This is reported in [http://www.lausch.com/kobalux.htm this page by Peter Lausch]. </REF> and '''[[Komura]].'''<!-- Really? Who says this? --> |
| − | There was a Kobalux Wide 28/3.5 and a Kobalux Super Wide 21/2.8, both in chrome or black finish. Cameraquest tells us that the 21/2.8 existed in at least three variants. The two lenses were sold together with an external finder. | + | There was a Kobalux Wide 28/3.5 and a Kobalux Super Wide 21/2.8, both in chrome or black finish. They were mainly sold in [[39mm screw lenses|Leica screw mount]], but it is also reported<!-- where? --> that they existed in [[Leica M lenses|Leica M mount]]. The [http://www.cameraquest.com/koba21.htm Cameraquest page] tells us that the 21/2.8 existed in at least three variants. The two lenses were sold together with an external finder. |
Production stopped in February 2002. | Production stopped in February 2002. | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 5 May 2007
Y.K. Optical was a small company based in Yokohama (Japan). It used the brand names Kobalux and Avenon for two wide-angle lenses. Avenon was the name used within Japan. These lenses were also available under other names, such as Pasoptik,[1] Bower and Adorama, perhaps also Avenar[2] and Komura.
There was a Kobalux Wide 28/3.5 and a Kobalux Super Wide 21/2.8, both in chrome or black finish. They were mainly sold in Leica screw mount, but it is also reported that they existed in Leica M mount. The Cameraquest page tells us that the 21/2.8 existed in at least three variants. The two lenses were sold together with an external finder.
Production stopped in February 2002.
Notes
- ↑ See a picture in this page at photo.net.
- ↑ This is reported in this page by Peter Lausch.
Links
In English:
- Kobalux 21mm and Kobalux 28mm at Cameraquest
- Kobalux lenses at Dante Stella's site
- Pasoptik name variant in a post at photo.net
In German:
In Japanese:
