Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 12:18:50 PM Thanks, there was a discussion about TOE some time ago and I was left alone saying that it was a USSR-company. You give proof that the masters voice came from Moscow...
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Luiz Paracampo
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 11:14:14 AM A forgotten detail: TOE was founded with 51 per cent capital from Mashpriborintorg )Foto-kino division) 49 per cent from local dealers. LP
Luiz Paracampo
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 3:12:20 PM These lenses were sold from around 1975. TOE was the cheif camera seller in England. Zenit outsold all other SLR cameras, and the then Mshpriborintorg/ Technointorg could not fulfil the huge lens requests! They completed the line with Japanese imports. I believe that thesese are original CYMAKO made and rebranded lenses LP
Vlad
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 12:29:01 PM I own one of these Japanese Helios 135mm F/2.8 lenses.. these are definitely not Soviet made, feels very different too in your hands, even though it's M42 mount and came with one of my Zenits ...
Wiki already knows a lot of these, why not checking that first...
Adding the brochure scan to that topic could be a good idea?
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stephanvdz
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 7:48:02 PM the translation is savorous... the teleconverters will double or treble the focal length... it the invention of the vibrating lens... sharper than the new antishake systems ?
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nathandayton
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 3:27:07 PM I have a couple they say "Made in Japan"
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