Kobori Manufacturing Company, Ltd. is a Japanese lens manufacturer, founded on April 1, 1925. Originally manufacturing watch components, they expanded into aeronautical instruments for the military and later focused on optical equipment and camera lenses. Most of the lenses were made for rebranding by other companies such as Minolta, Sony, Nikon, and Vivitar. The company also sold lenses under its own brand name Koboron and has used the names Tefnon, Teknon, and Technon.
The company still exits today...
Kobori Website
I have a 24-70 3.5-4.6 in nikon mount and after cleaning a foggy inner element and some oil off the blades have been very impressed.
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ReplyDeleteJust acquired a Vivitar 28-85 f3. 5 made by Kobori.....not produced an image yet...has an uneven 5 blade diaphragm on a video on You Tube didn't seem too bad... It was suggested not to use it wide open (too soft) ideal at f5. 6 or so. .
ReplyDeleteKabori also sold their lenses themselves as the "Tefnon" brand as well as making for other "brands". Currently they make lenses for Sony Imaging Products [http://www.kobori-mfg.co.jp/Eng/outline.html]
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