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Chinon 21mm f/3.5 M42 Lens (with Sample Photo)
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:22 pm    Post subject: Chinon 21mm f/3.5 M42 Lens (with Sample Photo) Reply with quote

Hi Everyone,

I have one very satisfying lens for my M42 screwmount SLR bodies I don't often see mentioned on the Internet these days: the Chinon 21mm f/3.5. While not quite as wide as the Flektogon 20mm (which I don't own), it's still one of the widest M42 lenses I know of.

Here is a sample shot taken with it on negative film. (Automated scan.)



Last edited by arvatoth on Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:28 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Chinon 21mm f/3.5 M42 Lens (with Sample Photo) Reply with quote

arvatoth wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I have one very satisfying lens for my M42 screwmount SLR bodies I don't often see mentioned on the Internet these days: the Chinon 21mm f/3.5. While not quite as wide as the Flektogon 20mm (which I don't own), it's still one of the widest M42 lenses I know of.

Here is a sample shot taken with it on negative film. (Automated scan.)



Nice to see you here !

I have this lens too and love it, great lens! Beautiful place , well photographed! Can you show pictures from lens itself ?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Chinon 21mm f/3.5 M42 Lens (with Sample Photo) Reply with quote

Attila wrote:

Nice to see you here !

I have this lens too and love it, great lens! Beautiful place , well photographed! Can you show pictures from lens itself ?


+1
...also would like to see lens pics.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never seen this lens before. I'm actually looking for a nice wide m42 lens. Of course I want the Flek but I might have to settle for something else until I save up the discretionary income.

How much does this lens go for these days?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is the same lens optically as Yashica ML 21/3.5. Actually Tomioka
OEMed this to Chinon. It is slightly cheaper than ML 21mm due to its name.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a shot of this lens, which I took sometime after I had purchased it. (I really need to get around to taking a proper product shot - this one, as far as I can remember, was taken by simple window light.)



There are a few more photos taken with it in my ultrawides gallery:
http://www.pbase.com/arva_toth/ultrawides


PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice finish. From photos I most like Lake Hámor. Really efficient angle. Can't wait till I get something similiar.