[Leica] Anyone have a line on a Kobalux 21mm?

[Paul Roark]

The image and description on https://www.cameraquest.com/koba21.htm suggest
it may be a lot like the C-Biogon 4.5.  I'd be curious what the in-person
comparison is.  The cameraquest comment that it is "retrofocus" leaves me
wondering about their definition.  It's all relative.  Very few optics are
strictly symmetrical.

At one time I think it was Adorama also had a little 21mm that looked like
this basic design and tested well at Modern Photo.

Alas, with my Sony I thing the quest for small and good ray angle are going
to force lots of aspherics and larger size than the old compact designs.
We'll see what Zeiss and Sony can come up with.  For now, the WATE reigns
supreme for the Sony superwide end.

Good luck finding one of these.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net>
wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I have been on the hunt for a 21mm Kobalux (or Avenon Millenium or MC)
> lens. Color is not important; I am looking for one with 8 aperture blades
> and the 0.8mm close focus. If I sold you one back in the day when I was
> importing them, and you're finding it underutilized, I'll make it worth
> your while to sell it back (those would be black body with chrome fronts
> mostly - but a couple of silver ones were in there). I'll look at a bare
> lens up to a set.
>
> This is more sentimental than anything; I can tell you straight up that
> the Konica 21-35mm and Zeiss 21/4,5 I replaced it with have higher
> performance (as would befit what they cost - which was double or
> quadruple). And for all I know, the Kobalux may have color shift issues on
> an M typ 240. But nostalgia…
>
> So even if you have a lead somewhere, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dante
>
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