They picked up a lens named "KISTAR 55mm F1.2". First, I wasn't interested in it, but the words of "Tomioka Optical" let my hands stop and let me read the article.
It says, ---
Kashapa will introduce a lens named "KISTAR 55mm F1.2" by Kishita Optical Laboratory. This lens is a exactly reproduced of "TOMINON 55mm F1.2" which is made by Tomioka Optical. Old lens fan might have heard the name of "Tomioka Optical Co., Ltd." The Original "TOMINON" is able to be called as an ORIGIN of CONTAX Carl Zeiss lenses made in Japan.
A bright and rare "TOMINON 55mm F1.2" which is made in around 1970 is a kind of legend and it STILL fascinates lots of old lens fans.
Kishita Optical Laboratory which made "KISTAR 55mm F1.2" is founded by a optical designer Kishita, Saburo who have designed "TOMINON 55mm F1.2". And the mechanical part of this brand new "KISTAR 55mm F1.2" is designed by his son Kishita, Tsutomu, and the optical design is by a engineer since they have made as Tomioka Optical Lab. So, the spitits of TOMINON handed over to this lens.
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The front lens took my breath away. (Photos below are from Steve Huff Photo)
I have heard from a staff of ZEISS. He have told me about Loxia and some Carl Zeiss lenses. He said, "Loxia series is the ZEISS designed as ZEISS by ZEISS". It might mean the other Sony ZEISS lenses are reflected Sony's intentions a lot.
Since that, I feel not like Cosina, not like Tamron and not like Sony for Loxia. On the some samples by Loxia 21mm on some websites shows the atmosphere just like CONTAX T* Distagon 2.8/25mm. It's so clear and cool, and the objects are steady in the picture. Totally solid.
Now some kinds of ZEISS photographical lenses are released and they are characteristic in each series. My criterions for "Carl Zeiss" are from CONTAX Carl Zeiss in 1980's and 1990's. Most of them have been made by Tomioka Optical and the looking of Loxia sometimes make me feel looking at the CONTAX Carl Zeiss over or back the some decades.
Once I thought enough lenses for usual use were gathered for me. But, in these years, most of lens vendors re-design the lenses for full(35mm)-sized digital cameras, so a new era of lenses is comming, and they give us so sophisticated quality.
Sometimes kind of the old fashioned lenses which I have let me consider to replace to newer designed lenses.
But, sometimes the old fashioned lenses give me images just as I imagined. That's interesting - these lenses show differences on some not full sized sensor cameras or full sized cameras, and they are well amiable.
I expect having fun a little for the feelings of New but not only New for New era lenses.
