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on Jan 11, 2017 23:29:53 GMT
Posted: Jan 11, 2017 23:29:53 GMT
I have been curious about this lens for a while so I was delighted to acquire one with a really nice J-5. The f1.8 aperture value is unusual for Yashica which was what sparked my curiosity as I'm more used to seeing it on their uber-rare M39 mount standard lens.
Initial results are impressive using a cropped sensor digital camera but I need to wait for the weather to relent and take it outside for a proper workout. I'll try it with film on a trusty old FFT. |
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on Jan 12, 2017 0:40:12 GMT
Posted: Jan 12, 2017 0:40:12 GMT
Looks gorgeous with its polished-metal finish! (Never seen this lens before.)
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on Jan 12, 2017 4:08:35 GMT
Posted: Jan 12, 2017 4:08:35 GMT
Looks gorgeous with its polished-metal finish! (Never seen this lens before.) It is a lovely looking lens and it has a performance to match - I have been impressed with the few shots I've taken indoors. I hope to get a chance to shoot more generally with it in a few days time - the weather over the coming days is pretty awful and camera-unfriendly.
Like you I'd not seen that lens until recently and Yashica had a winner with it so it's a puzzle as to why they abandoned it in favour of the various Auto Yashinon 1.7s and 1.9s. A lens of the same specification was originally produced for Yashica's Pentamatic cameras with their bayonet mount; it may be that they decided to utilise surplus stock, re-engineered to accommodate the M42 mount while the new range was in development. That might explain its limited numbers and unusual maximum aperture setting...but that's only a guess. If I can find my Pentamatic, I'll check the lenses against each other.
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on Jan 12, 2017 8:53:11 GMT
Posted: Jan 12, 2017 8:53:11 GMT
Very cute Combo, Graham. :-) Just from the glow of the Yashinon Lens, i'd say that it countains the usual suspects, means here thorium based glass, which is radioactive...just like other old Yashinon DS(M), DX M42 lenses out from this Era.
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on Jan 12, 2017 13:56:12 GMT
Posted: Jan 12, 2017 13:56:12 GMT
You have to love that old radio-active glass: Asahi Takumars, Tominons, Yashinons, Orikkors, etc. etc. Thank goodness that thorium and those other rare earth elements beloved of lens manufacturers back then have short wavelengths!
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