difficulties in reading?
And by "later" I do not mean fifties SLRs which were indeed made in DDR like the pictures clearly show. Try to find some info concerning the eighties, for
instance. Here is one sample:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4702&item=3872139519&rd=1
Looks like the still later ones were made by Cosina - and maybe by some others as well. Porst filed for bankruptcy in 2002.
And there was no Swiss camera by the name Alpha, it was the prestigious Alpa, made by Pignons SA, no connection with Porst whatsoever.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: RE: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> 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 ageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsaatsZ77QQsacatZ4702
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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net 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
