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'''Y.K. Optical''' was a small company based in Yokohama (Japan). It used the brand names '''Kobalux''' and '''Avenon''' (name used within Japan) for two wide-angle lenses. They 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? -->
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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: Kobalux seems to have been the predominant name in north America, and Avenon the only name within Japan. The 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. 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.
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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 (also available separately).
  
 
Production stopped in February 2002.<REF> See [http://web.archive.org/web/20021120100953/http://www.kobalux.com/ the 20 November 2002 web archive of the Kobalux website]. </REF>
 
Production stopped in February 2002.<REF> See [http://web.archive.org/web/20021120100953/http://www.kobalux.com/ the 20 November 2002 web archive of the Kobalux website]. </REF>

Revision as of 14:31, 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: Kobalux seems to have been the predominant name in north America, and Avenon the only name within Japan. The 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 (also available separately).

Production stopped in February 2002.[3]

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