can anyone identify this lens?

[paul a. roid]

<p>hello all,<br>

a friend of mine gave me this 28mm f3.5 thread mount lens, which is unbranded - would one of you know what brand this is? Kobalux maybe?<br>

thanks in advance!<br>

Markus<br>

<img src="http://www.markushartel.com/Lens.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[shambrick007]

<p>Kobalux? - http://www.cameraquest.com/koba28.htm</p>

[paul a. roid]

<p>thanks! that's what I thought, it looks just like the Kobalux... weird is that there is no brand name or serial number. anyways, I just tried it out with my M8 and it seems like a decent lens for what it is.</p>

[john_shriver]

<p>The Kobalux lenses were sold under many different names.</p>

 

[ray .]

JC Penny ? :)

[miles_s.]

<p>Not JC Penny but Adorama, Avenon, Bower, Kobalux and Pasoptik. Here is a cache of the manufacturer's website. Slow to load.<br>

<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020405224906/www.kobalux.com/k28-2.html">http://web.archive.org/web/20020405224906/www.kobalux.com/k28-2.html</a><br>

You may want to dig a bit deeper on this one. This is an M-Series Kobalux, which means it is shipped with an adapter. However, I thought these had eight blades like this lens.<br>

<a href="http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00D/00DbeD-25722984.JPG">http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00D/00DbeD-25722984.JPG</a><br>

Yours has six blades. Anyways, nice to get as a gift.</p>