Camera Manufacturers Who Make Their Own Glass i.e. Lenses (Page 3): No problem, happens a lot. Glad for the confirmation as the Nikon fanboys here hate me and dismiss everything I...

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

dcampbell52 wrote:

sorry, we both came up with much the same info at the same time.

No problem, happens a lot. Glad for the confirmation as the Nikon fanboys here hate me and dismiss everything I write.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

Architect1776 wrote:

No problem, happens a lot. Glad for the confirmation as the Nikon fanboys here hate me and dismiss everything I write.

i apologise on my incorrect info re: nikon glass. the minolta/imari is not fake news. while neither currently exists, the lenses (rokkors) do and are some of the best prime lenses in existance. i own and use nikons, so you would have thought i'd have got that one right, but didn't. as is said my apologies for that. i also continue to use minolta for fine art work along with contax 645 and 5x7 formats. used my nikons most of the time in conflict areas and other places i was not supposed to be in. used to hang a couple of those and a couple of leicas around my now ancient neck. all great cameras.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

wj cody wrote:

i apologise on my incorrect info re: nikon glass. ... (show quote)

No problem. Still friends?

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Architect1776 wrote:

Canon does make it's own fluorite crystals and has done so since the beginning in the early 70's I believe and developed aspherical lenses as well before others figured it out ...

The Golden Navitar 12 mm f/1.2 for 16mm movie cameras had an aspherical lens element manufactured by Elgeet in 1956.
The aspherical Canon FD 55mm ƒ/1.2 AL was first marketed in March of 1971.
The aspherical OP Fisheye-Nikkor 10mm ƒ/5.6 was announced in 1968 and discontinued in 1976.

Edit: Aspherical lenses have been used in telescopes since at least 1668.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

RWR wrote:

The Golden Navitar 12 mm f/1.2 for 16mm movie cameras had an aspherical lens element manufactured by Elgeet in 1956.
The aspherical Canon FD 55mm ƒ/1.2 AL was first marketed in March of 1971.
The aspherical OP Fisheye-Nikkor 10mm ƒ/5.6 was announced in 1968 and discontinued in 1976.

Edit: Aspherical lenses have been used in telescopes since at least 1668.

I should say the automatic grinding of them was developed in the 70's.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

wj cody wrote:

i apologise on my incorrect info re: nikon glass. ... (show quote)

I had a Minolta SRT-101 with a couple of Rokkor lenses, a long time ago, back in the 70s. I really liked that camera until a "friend" broke it by dropping it on the ground. I switched to Nikon and that was that. I saw Minolta introducing the Maxxum and other great products, but only from afar. I lost track and discovered later on that they merged with Konica and then disappeared. Sad.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Pegasus wrote:

I had a Minolta SRT-101 with a couple of Rokkor lenses, a long time ago, back in the 70s. I really liked that camera until a "friend" broke it by dropping it on the ground. I switched to Nikon and that was that. I saw Minolta introducing the Maxxum and other great products, but only from afar. I lost track and discovered later on that they merged with Konica and then disappeared. Sad.

Isn't Minolta now Sony?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Architect1776 wrote:

Isn't Minolta now Sony?

Only the good Sony cameras!

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

Yeah, Minolta sold their camera stuff to Sony when they got out of the business.

Ricker Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah

And then there's Zeiss and Leica.....Two of the finest.
Best regards, Ricker

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

JDspartan48 wrote:

Do any of the Big "6" Canon-Nikon-Olympu... (show quote)

Well, you left out another biggie — Panasonic. They make their own lenses in their own factories. They also make the Panasonic Leica branded lenses. Leica designs them, or licenses their designs to Panasonic.

JDspartan48

Thanks to all you are truly a enlightened group, it is a pleasure to read your comments on this & other item topics on the Art of Photography; its techniques & equipment.
Let's hear it for UHH members !!! :)
Jim D

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

Ricker wrote:

And then there's Zeiss and Leica.....Two of the finest.
Best regards, Ricker

leica began using Minolta glass from 1972 onwards for their telephoto and zoom lenses for their slr camera bodies. e leitz retained their own manufacturing processes for their rangefinder series.

the final leica/minolta work resulted in the leica cl body and the 40mm summicron/rokkor lens. the 90mm f4 was made by leitz for the cl and the minolta cl body. the 28mm rokkor that appears with the minolta cle (a stunning rangefinder camera) had element stability problems with element separation in the first group. used to be called schneideritis, in reference to schneider's glass.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

JDspartan48 wrote:

Thanks to all you are truly a enlightened group, it is a pleasure to read your comments on this & other item topics on the Art of Photography; its techniques & equipment.
Let's hear it for UHH members !!! :)
Jim D

Yeah, there is no reason why we would want to learn more about the lenses and makers.

JDspartan48

To throw a monkey wrench in, Hoya I believe used to make glass & lenses for someone somewhere back in the 70-80's; it may have been for the Konica Hexanon Line I believe ? But anyway you are a very informative intelligent bunch, thanks for your information!