Komura lenses for Leica cameras, overview

The history of the Komura brand lenses is little-known. Information on the company and the lenses it produced is difficult to find online. But, many of the Komura lenses are very good, both in build quality and in optical results! This page lists the Komura lenses for Leica cameras, to facilitate finding those lenses online so you can shoot them on your Leica screw mount camera.

The company started out with making lenses for Large Format cameras. But in the 1950s they also started manufacturing rangefinder lenses for Leica thread mount cameras, and switched over to making lenses for Nikon rangefinders in the 1960s. Later, they also manufactured enlarging lenses, lenses for various medium format systems and also briefly produced lenses for various models of SLRs. Komura probably was the first brand to build a 1.4/85mm lens in Nikon F mount!

 

 

Below is a list of Leica Thread Mount lenses that probably were made by Komura. Some were simply branded as such, but others have different names.

Only in the 1960’s did Japanese companies start to brand their products, before that they were often sold under the name of the company or retail chain that ordered them from the Japanese factories. 

Brand	Focal length	Max Aperture	Min Aperture	Filter size	Remarks
Komura	28mm	3.5	16.0	55mm	eBay link
W-Komura-	36mm	1.8	16.0	46mm	Very rare! link to JElabs blog Shown with 46mm lens hood. Serial starts with 752. Later font on beauty ring
W-Komura-	36mm	1.8	16.0	48mm	Very rare! Seen on eBay. Shown with 48mm Komura filter. Serial starts with 286. Earlier font on beauty ring
W-Komura-	35mm	2.8	22.0	43mm	focus tab eBay link
Asanuma King	35mm	2.8	22.0	43mm	focus tab, identical to the W-Komura- 2.8/35mm but ‘zebra’ focus ring
W-Komura-	35mm	3.5	22.0	43mm	focus tab, identical to the W-Komura- 2.8/35mm design
Asanuma King	35mm	3.5	22.0	43mm	focus tab, barrel identical to the Asanuma King 2.8/35mm design
Kyoei W.Acall	35mm	3.5	22.0	43mm	no focus tab, coarser knurling, anodized all black barrel
W-Komura-	35mm	2.8	22.0	??	example shown online had rear ring of hood attached (no focus tab, six-digit number)
W.Acall	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm
W.Honor	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	Very rare, design identical to the Acall above. eBay link
W-Komura-	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	design identical to the Acall above. eBay link
W? Telesar	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	design identical to the Acall above. Not sure if ‘W’ is followed by ‘.’ or ‘-‘
W.A. Astra	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	design identical to the Acall above
Force	35mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	design identical to the Acall above
Acall	80mm	1.8	22.0	48mm
Komura	80mm	1.8	22.0	48mm	identical to Acall
Sankyo Optical Works Ltd	80mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	fully chrome, four-digit number
Sankyo Optical Works Ltd	80mm	3.5	22.0	34mm	chrome and black, ‘zebra’ focus ring, five-digit number
Komura	105mm	2.0	16.0	58mm
Komura	105mm	2.5	??	??mm
Komura	105mm	2.8	22.0	48mm
Komura-	105mm	3.5	22.0	43mm	Made by Sankyo Optical Works Ltd, four-digit serial, bright and matte chrome barrel
Komura	105mm	3.5	22.0	??mm	Chrome and black paint barrel
Komura	135mm	2.8	22.0	55mm
Super-Acall	135mm	3.5	22.0	46mm
Komura	135mm	3.5	22.0	48mm
Tele-Astra	135mm	3.5	??	??	info wanted!
Bittco Super Vemar	135mm	3.5	22.0	48mm	rare
Komura	200mm	4.5	22.0	55mm	rare to find with dedicated finder and leather case
Komura	400mm	6.3	45.0	67mm	can be split in two halves, barrel is threaded

Over time, I have owned several Komura and Acall lenses, even briefly owned the ‘Force’ lens listed above. Some I have shot, others I have only bought and sold. In time, some of the lenses listed here will have their own article in the ‘Komura Files’ on this website! Komura lenses for Leica cameras are awesome to shoot.

If you can share any information on the history of Komura as a manufacturer, or on the Leica Thread Mount lenses they produced, please list your lens specifications in a comment below and I will include it in the table on this page. Also pictures of the lenses are greatly welcomed, as are links to other websites that contain information on Komura lenses for Leica and Nikon rangefinders! Thank you!