Rebadged Chinons - in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) in the fifties? Come on! I seriously doubt it! They were from Dresden: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8275&item=3871653324&r d=1 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8275&item=3871653324&r d=1 In this last add it actually says it's baugleich (built like/the same as) a Praktica (Pentacon, Dresden, DDR)!
This one even has a Praktica lens! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Raimo K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. februar 2005 20:52 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? No, it is just a trading company, rebadging only, no manufacturing facilities anywhere (?). IIRC the later SLRs were rebadged Chinons. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > Yes, German company. I seem to remember a connection with Swiss "Alpha", > but > I'm not shure. > Perhaps realated to DDR kameras from the Dresden manufacturers, Pentacon, > Ihagee, Zeiss Ikon etc > Anyway, look: > http://www.praktica-collector.de/134_Porst_reflex_FX2.htm > http://www.praktica-collector.de/162_Porst_FX4.htm > > http://search.ebay.de/porst_Porst_W0QQcatrefZC12QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentryp ageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsaatsZ77QQ > sacatZ4702 > > All the best > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Wilko Bulte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 7. februar 2005 08:36 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses? > > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 08:44:44PM -0500, Larry Cook wrote.. >> I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never >> heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and >> the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does >> anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in >> general? > > Porst is indeed a German company. To the best of my knowledge they > never had manufacturing capability, rather they sold OEM-ed stuff under > their own name. Most likely different OEMs as well. > > Around here (the Netherlands) the Porst stuff does not fetch any real > money at used-camera markets. For what that means.. > > Wilko >
