Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2

[Mark Cassino]

I bought it on eBay a few years back.  I like the heft and feel of the lens 
on the LX.  The Rikenons are hard to come by. I had planned to sell mine, 
but it turns into an effective 82mm f1.2 on the *ist-D. While you loose 
metering, it's an ideal lens for studio work (when the metering is done 
with a flash meter anyhow.)

- MCC

At 01:45 PM 12/17/2003 +1000, you wrote:
Fascinating, Mark.. yet another curious lens (to me).. I can't find much
info on the Rikenon either. May I ask where you found it? And would anyone
know a good source, other than the sometimes wonderful eBay, for rarer
lenses?
Rgds,
Ryan
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From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: Cosina 55mm 1.2
> Interesting.  I have the Rikenon 55 f1.2.  Looks a lot like the Cosina:
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> http://www.markcassino.com/temp/DSCN5747.JPG
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> I thought I read some comments that indicated the two are totally
> different, but from the looks of it they appear to be the same lens.  The
> Rikennon is an exceptional lens, IMO.
>
> - MCC
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> At 02:09 AM 12/17/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hi, I'm sure someone's asked this before, but I probably missed it. I was
> >just window shopping yahoo auctions (japan) for any interesting stuff
(can't
> >understand the words but hey.. pretty pictures). Didn't see anything
Pentax
> >I haven't seen before, but I came across the Cosina 55mm f1.2 manual
focus
> >for Pentax mount:
> >http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c41939525
> >Just wondering if anyone's got any experience with this lens and how it
> >matches up to our 50mm f1.2..
> >
> >Thx,
> >Ryan
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