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Archive 2008 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference

  
 
JimBuchanan
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p.1 #1 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


Hello, All.

There is a Rokkor 58/1.2 document on the web that references a quarterly publication available in Japan and maybe only in Japanese. The following link is all I could find:
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Kurashikku_Kamera_Senka#Minolta
Apparently, there is an article on this lens in the #14 edition published around 1988.

Anyone know of this?



Nov 20, 2008 at 09:46 AM
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p.1 #2 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


Koji can likely help us out here.


Nov 20, 2008 at 09:50 AM
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p.1 #3 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


Has anybody somewhere, sometime, compared the Rokkor with the Noct-Nikkor of the same focal length and aperture? Does anybody know by any chance?


Nov 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM
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p.1 #4 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


The Noct has an aspherical surface on one lens element (early versions hand-polished, later versions done with a machine) but in all other respects the optical formula is identical (according to a well-known German optical engineer). This gives the Noct an advantage wide open with point-light sources and this has been demonstrated in several tests, but none that I know of that compare it directly with the Rokkor.


Nov 20, 2008 at 10:25 AM
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p.1 #5 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


Sometimes this kind of difference justifies the price difference for some.
Not for me though.



Nov 20, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Ed Sawyer
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p.1 #6 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


I'll check through the tests I have, they may have been compared both in MP at some point, comparisons would be valid since they used the same test method for years.

Minolta had an in-house publication called the Minolta Mirror I think, though not sure if it circulated in the US or if it's even relavent to this discussion.

-Ed



Nov 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
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p.1 #7 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


how much is a noct nikkor?


Nov 20, 2008 at 12:56 PM
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p.1 #8 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


loudtiger wrote:
how much is a noct nikkor?


In excess of $2K or so. From the price point of view, they are not comparable, not even close unless the Rokkor keeps on going up .

Edited on Nov 20, 2008 at 01:38 PM · View previous versions



Nov 20, 2008 at 01:38 PM
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p.1 #9 · Rokkor 58/1.2 reference


loudtiger wrote:
how much is a noct nikkor?


Typically $1500-2500



Nov 20, 2008 at 01:38 PM





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