Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (2024)


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01-27-2020, 03:59 AM - 1 Like #1

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Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42)

Noticed that this lens is missing from the Archive - the standard edition is there, but not the macro version:

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side-by-side with Super Takumar 55mm f1.8

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01-27-2020, 04:00 AM - 1 Like #2

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01-27-2020, 04:01 AM - 1 Like #3

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01-27-2020, 04:11 AM - 1 Like #5

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01-27-2020, 04:43 AM - 1 Like #6

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Interesting lens and very nice pictures, thanks for posting the thread.

01-27-2020, 05:53 AM - 1 Like #7

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Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (62)Originally posted by Prohibitiory

Interesting lens and very nice pictures, thanks for posting the thread.

thank you...

supposedly, this is the fastest macro ever made.. (?)

01-27-2020, 06:51 AM - 1 Like #8

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Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (70)Originally posted by pepperberry farm

thank you...

supposedly, this is the fastest macro ever made.. (?)

Nice, I might have a look to try to find it on ebay, I also have an eye to catch Helios 44M 58mm F/2 at the moment

01-27-2020, 07:29 AM - 1 Like #9

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Interesting It is m42 but the lettering is more like the later K-mount versions. Looks more eighties than seventies. DOF scale resembles 135 and 200mm Chinons of that era. I believe those were made by Sun, but this must be the Tomioka 55mm 1.7 design with a longer focussing helicoid.

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Nice pictures! Macro at f1.7 must have a ridiculously thin DOF!
So it is 7.5 chocolate cookies high when retracted and about 10 chocolate cookies when extended. I love that unit of measure. Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (85)

01-27-2020, 09:24 AM - 1 Like #11

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Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (93)Originally posted by D1N0

Interesting It is m42 but the lettering is more like the later K-mount versions. Looks more eighties than seventies. DOF scale resembles 135 and 200mm Chinons of that era. I believe those were made by Sun, but this must be the Tomioka 55mm 1.7 design with a longer focussing helicoid.

no idea, as there is so little info available...

it is a little glowy wide open, but that's not much of a surprise..

I'd like to find its lens diagram and compare it to the standard 55/1.7

I do know that this lens was also sold as a Porst, and apparently served as the basis for a similar lens by Alpa...

01-27-2020, 01:13 PM - 1 Like #12

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Very nice lens and shots, Dave. Interesting transitions between the in- and out-of-focus areas, too (especially that second shot of the twisted yarn). I'd love to see more from this lens...

01-27-2020, 01:27 PM #13

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Auto Chinon MCM 55mm f1.7 Macro (M42) (109)Originally posted by BigMackCam

Very nice lens and shots, Dave. Interesting transitions between the in- and out-of-focus areas, too (especially that second shot of the twisted yarn). I'd love to see more from this lens...

thank you... I'm considering using it for the SIC in February...

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