Hello, I am new to the group, and have a small Zeiss collection so far, but am attempting to buy a full setup for the Zeiss Ikon Contax S camera.?
I have purchased a lens which I would appreciate the groups thoughts on.?It is a apparently a prototype M42 mount Sonnar Lens. The Contax S came with the 58mm f2 Biotar, however there are examples of a Sonnar lens.?
Zeiss-Ikon Dresden Sr 000 Sonnar 1 = 2 F = 58 m m ?T (The T is red)?
Made by Carl Zeiss (Dresden?), prototype lens from around 1948 (maybe
earlier) for the new Contax S SLR. Another similar lens can be found in the Technische Sammlungen der Stadt Dresden.
A nearly model Contax S was sold with a Sonnar Lens as well
224: Ur-Contax S, No. 303, 1949
Sold For: €3,200 | Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000
https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/9712352?
However, both of these Sonnar lenses appear different to the one I have purchased. I'd appreciate if anyone has any thoughts or history on this lens. By the way it has a brass barrel, and the paint is very worn. This may be because I have read that the black paint actually was produced by the USSR and when the war started supplies dried up.?
