Y.K. Optical
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,[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.[3]
Notes
- ↑ See a picture in this page at photo.net.
- ↑ This is reported in this page by Peter Lausch.
- ↑ See the 20 November 2002 web archive of the Kobalux website.
Links
In English:
- Kobalux website (web archive version dated 9 August 2002) and announcement of the lenses being discontinued (web archive version dated 20 November 2002)
- 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:
