Hoya is, or was, part of the Tokina megacorporation that includes Tokina
lenses, Hoya filters and Kenko teleconverters and extension tubes.
Quality? Probably good. For what you paid, who cares?!? It's a good risk.
Even the Aubell, which I've never heard of (and my memory banks contain
quite a bit of trivia), is probably a good risk.
My favorite portrait lens so far (is everyone tired of hearing about this
yet?) is a Lentar preset 135/3.5 T-mount. Absolutely lovely bokeh. Cost me
$15.
I'd be thrilled just to find a third-party OM-mount lens in working
condition. Every one I've seen lately has been defective in some way. Funny
... before I got my OM-1 I used to see perfectly functional OM-mount lenses
all the time.
Who's been shopping my turf? >:-/
Lex
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From: Arnab Banerjee <arnabkb@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Hoya lens?
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:25:13 -0700 (PDT)
Browsing around the local camera shops the other day,
I noticed a 135/2.8 lens marked "for Olympus". Price
tag on it was 41 Canadian dollars (about 28 USD).... Brand name - Aubell.
Aubell? Even the sales guy had not heard of this
brand.
THEN?. my eye fell on another lens tucked away...Another 135/2.8
marked 59 CAD. Brand name this time? Hoya.
Hoya lens? Well... Hoya does make good optics.. But it
is still not Zuiko. But ?...
I was starting to get an headache. I paid up.
So now I am the mystified owner of a 135/2.8 OM mount
Hoya lens. Any feedback on this species?
Thanks in advance
Arnab.
Toronto, Canada.
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