Naughty Hanimex

This rather nice Hanimar came with a job lot of lenses. And it's a 200mm F/2.8 (bottom picture) - or is it ???

 

Does anyone have ham-and-eggs's address so I can complain to the trade descriptions people?

Edited February 2, 2020 by John Seaman

Not that it is particularly conclusive, given the inevitably spotty completeness of the list; but Kadlubeks Objektiv-Katalog (2nd edition) lists 2 f/3.3, 1 f/4.5, and 3 f/3.5 200mm from Hanimex. No f/2.8 is listed. I'd bet on the bezel engraving.:confused:

Edited February 2, 2020 by JDMvW

I'd assumed Hanimex and Hanimar are the same? Actually the 1:/2.8 engraving looks perfect, and the part of the lens which carries it, in front of the green ring, appears to be integral to the main body rather than a separate ring. It's clearly an F/3.5 lens, as apart from the aperture ring only going to 3.5, in my experience F/2.8 200's are significantly larger. Sadly the aperture is stuck open on this example.

Perhaps 3.5 is the T-stop, and f/2.8 the geometric aperture? :cool:

 

Like Hanimex/Soligor/Cosina/etc would give a hoot!

Yes, from what I've read, "Hanimar" was a slightly cheaper line of lenses marketed by Hanimex, rather like Celtic and Rokkor. I have this lens in the f/3.3 nomenclature and it's tagged "Poor : excessive CAs", and the aperture is sticky. It's certainly a heavy lens and seems quite well built, though the retracting lens hood is sloppy to the point of being useless. Goodness knows who built it, Hanimex being a marketing company and not a manufacturer. Below are a couple of samples; while the lens seems reasonably sharp one must admire the purple fringing along the top of the bath tub!

 

 

I wonder if the lens focused to minimum distance would give a 2.8 macro relationship (i.e. 1 cm on film = 2.8 cm of subject). Just a thought,.

I wonder if the lens focused to minimum distance would give a 2.8 macro relationship (i.e. 1 cm on film = 2.8 cm of subject). Just a thought,.

 

The magazine ad says 8.2 feet, which would be too far for 1:2.8 macro.

The minimum focus distance is 10 feet or 3 metres. I'm sure 1:2.8 is an F number.

I'd assumed Hanimex and Hanimar are the same?

 

As is all too obvious, so did I.....:oops:

 

However, it apparently is true.:rolleyes: