Prinzflex — 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 manual push-pull zoom lens, M42 and SLR mount fits
The Prinzflex 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 is a manual-focus telephoto zoom sold under Dixons' Prinzflex marque, the UK retailer's house label for SLR gear through the 1970s and 1980s. Japanese-made and budget-priced, it was aimed at buyers wanting reach beyond a kit lens on popular screw- and bayonet-mount SLRs.
Published factory figures for weight, filter thread and minimum focus vary across the different mount versions Dixons sold and are not reliably documented, so exact numbers are omitted here. The lens uses a one-touch push-pull zoom collar, a manual click-stop aperture ring, and an all-metal barrel typical of budget Japanese zooms of the period.
As a variable-aperture zoom it dims from f/4.5 at 80mm to f/5.6 at 200mm, trading speed for size and cost. Rendering is typical of the era's budget zooms: acceptable stopped down, softer wide open, and prone to flare against bright light sources.
These lenses turn up cheaply at car-boot sales and online auctions, often bundled with a Prinzflex SLR body. Check the push-pull zoom action for grit, the aperture blades for oil, and the barrel for haze or fungus before buying.