HU Avenon 21/2.8 with finder and LTM/M Adapter

[BillBingham2]

In poking around I found this lens, ships world wide:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AVENON-21mm-f-2...ryZ30067QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I know nothing about it or the guys/gals selling it. But as I don't see them too often I figured I would pass it along.

Looks like a reasonable price.

B2 (;->

 

[FrankS]

This lens with it's 2.8 speed seems very competative with the CV21f4.

 

[jlw]

"Avenon" is just another brand name for the well-regarded 21/2.8 Kobalux lens (out of production since 2002, apparently.)

This is the largish "series II" version; there was a later, very scarce "series III" with an all-black finish, a more compact design, and reputedly even better optical performance. I have one of the series III versions (also under the Avenon name) and it does seem to be a very effective lens -- its full-aperture performance is dramatically better than that of my 20mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor, which is the only thing I have to which to compare it.

CameraQuest has an article on the series II Kobalux -- click here to read it -- and if you check it out you'll see that the camera and accessories are identical to those pictured in the eBay ad.