Toyo Optics in Accessories Posted August 17, 2001 I have had a couple of Toyo Canon mount lenses which were actually of excellent quality, mine were all metal etched marks with multicoat optics made in Japan. Don't know who actually made them though. These lenses are sold regularly on e-bay from 40-120 dollars so they must have made a few of them. They're probably not worth much for resale but are a bargain for what you get. The 80-200 Canon mount zoom was over 200 dollars when I bought it in the late 70's so they were probably comprable to the Vivitar series one in quality, probably as good as the consumer quality Canon brand name lenses though not the pro model lenses
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I have had a couple of Toyo Canon mount lenses which were actually of
excellent quality, mine were all metal etched marks with multicoat
optics made in Japan. Don't know who actually made them though. These
lenses are sold regularly on e-bay from 40-120 dollars so they must
have made a few of them. They're probably not worth much for resale
but are a bargain for what you get. The 80-200 Canon mount zoom was
over 200 dollars when I bought it in the late 70's so they were
probably comprable to the Vivitar series one in quality, probably as
good as the consumer quality Canon brand name lenses though not the
pro model lenses