Lens from Minolta TC1

Too bad it wasn't faster for the money they cost. The Japanese have some amazing fetishes, don't they? ....and they used to have the money to pay for them.
 
From images posted, that 28mm has awesome bokeh but the TC-1 secret sauce is the aperture mechanism - Waterhouse stops! While the LTM version is small and has a nice barrel layout, the aperture is an ordinary bladed design. In either form, that lens is expensive.
 
I got one from leica shop, Austria, a few days ago . So far so good. Small, sharp,no CA used on my M8 ( must be the 2 aspherics).
 
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I spotted one of these the other day at a camera store in Yokohama. Interesting looking lens, but somewhat pricey...

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