Sun Optical 9cm f/4

colyn

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I picked up this lens today at the camera show for $5. It's marked Sun Optical Co. Sola 9cm f/4 and is rf coupled 39mm LTM.

Anybody have any experience with this lens? Is it any good??

The glass is scratch, haze, fungus free and it came with its front and rear metal caps..

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Send it to me, and I tell you things about it.

I think,we had a thread on such a lens. It seems to be OK.
 
Colyn,

KevinCameras has a Sun Optic 9cm 4 listed for over $2000. It seems to be a rare model in his case. Still, you got its cousin.
 
Even though Kevin's Web site is hard to navigate, I love perusing it when I am shamelessly wasting my time. It's sort of a museum of rare and almost forgotten Leica Thread Mount lenses and other interesting and obscure luxury camera items.
 
Even though Kevin's Web site is hard to navigate, I love perusing it when I am shamelessly wasting my time. It's sort of a museum of rare and almost forgotten Leica Thread Mount lenses and other interesting and obscure luxury camera items.

I've looked it over a few times and can't help but wonder if he really sells these high priced items...
 
Here is a sample taken with this lens.

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Hmmm... on a whim I picked up a Sun/Sola/135. Haven't really tested it out yet, but looking at your 90 results, I oughtta' go do that soon.

I'm impressed with the way the coating looks on mine, looks like your 90 has that heavy blue cast to it, as well.

Jo
 
I've looked it over a few times and can't help but wonder if he really sells these high priced items...

I'm not sure he owns all that stuff too. I bought my Zeiss 21 from him and a front cap. The lens came from him, but the cap came from someone else. In fact, the cap came from a guy I did a trade with once.

Lots of neat stuff though.
 
Hmmm... on a whim I picked up a Sun/Sola/135. Haven't really tested it out yet, but looking at your 90 results, I oughtta' go do that soon.

I'm impressed with the way the coating looks on mine, looks like your 90 has that heavy blue cast to it, as well.

Jo

If your 135 is anything like my 90 you'll be happy with the results..
 
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