I don't know the *origin* of Hoya, but it's now part of "THK" which is
Tokina
Hoya
Kenko
-- John
At 21:25 8/1/00 , you wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>Browsing around the local camera shops the other day,
>I noticed a 135/2.8 lens marked "for Olympus". Price
>tag on it was 41 Canadian dollars (about 28 USD). I
>looked and mused. Stared and mused some more. To cut a
>long story short - I picked it up (in my hand, that
>is) Brand name - Aubell.
>Aubell? Even the sales guy had not heard of this
>brand.
>
>Buy it? But don't really need a 135 - have the 75-150
>zuiko. Yes, but that's f4 this is f2.8. But this is
>Aubell. But this is dirt-cheap. But what's the point
>of buying a lens when you'll never use it. But I don?t
>have a 135 prime. But.??.
>And so on it went between me and the Zuikoholic Voice
>Of Conscience.
>
>THEN?. my eye fell on another lens tucked away in an
>ocean of N*k*n and C*n*n lenses. Another 135/2.8
>marked 59 CAD. Brand name this time? Hoya.
>
>Hoya lens? Well... Hoya does make good optics.. But it
>is still not Zuiko. But ?...
>I was starting to get an headache. I paid up.
>
>So now I am the mystified owner of a 135/2.8 OM mount
>Hoya lens. Any feedback on this species?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Arnab.
>Toronto, Canada.
>
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