View Full Version : What lens is this ? 4.5/21cm
Hi,
can anyone tell me who made this lens ?
I have it for 10 years on my 4x5" Toyo View C, but never really used it.
Now I am thinking of selling the whole thing.
Thanks
Jari
Gene McCluney
16-May-2008, 06:53
That could be a Russian lens, or it could be a lens from an older photocopier application.
Dan Fromm
16-May-2008, 07:25
Gene, I think that if you look closely you'll see two chinese characters on the lens' trim ring.
Dan, you are right its Chinese characters, but it says also "Made in Japan" on top of it.
It came with a lens cap but I dont know whether it originally belongs to the lens.
The logo looks familiar but I can not say where it is from.
Jari
Hugo Zhang
16-May-2008, 07:54
It's a Chinese lens on a Japan-made Copal shutter. The Chinese word is "The Great Wall". It is likely a Tessar type lens.
Made in Japan now means made in China, so does "assembled in Vietnam", Mauritius, Phillippines etc..
Sven Schroder
16-May-2008, 08:18
Hi
I think the "IS" before the focal length is "iston", just a guess.
Regards
Sven
Great Wall...
I know this enterprise, they did buildings, wine, cars and now lenses.
Must be a huge company :D
Thanks Hugo, I now know that I can sell this lens with the camera, its nothing that I would keep for my children.
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