Zeiss Ikon Collectors Group (ZICG). List Information, version 2.3.7

Kia ora ZICG members,

This message will be posted every month to keep you informed about the Zeiss Ikon Collectors Group (ZICG). It will also be available anytime on the YahooGroups website . It contains important details about the mailing list and is sent to new subscribers.

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CONTENTS:
- About Yahoogroups
- Posting to ZICG
- (Un)Subscribing
- Points of Reference
- Official ZICG Web Page
- Mail settings for ZICG
- Member Web Pages
- Other Mailing Lists
- End Notes
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ABOUT Yahoogroups

Yahoogroups is a free mailing list service. You can set your own email distribution list by going to or see information about the ZICG mailing list at

If you are a member of Yahoo AND you are a member of ZICG, you can view the archive of emails online as well as change your personal settings (such as digest mode etc). You may also view the subscription list.

ZICG used to be listed with Coollist. Poor reliability and even poorer customer service saw ZICG move in May 2000 to eGroups. William Lurie organised with nine other members to keep ZICG ad-free and paid eGroups a fee to drop all advertisements from emails. ZICG became ad-free from November 5, 2000. EGroups became a possession of Yahoo in December, 2000. Hence ZICG became a Yahoo group.

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POSTING TO ZICG

The ZICG list was set up for people who want to discuss anything Zeiss. ZICG is a collection of Zeiss authorities and enthusiasts brought together through the medium of email to share knowledge as friends. Anybody can be a member and nobody has ever been banned.

You cannot send attachments. If you want to share a file, put it on a website and post the URL to the list. Remember that .vcf files (vcards) are classified as attachments. As a member, you can upload photos and files to the ZICG archives with Yahoo and then send notification to the list.

Please do not post HTML or specially formatted messages to the list. If you can, turn off these options on your email program. Some ZICG members cannot read your message if you send it in those formats.

Sale or Wanted adverts are acceptable on ZICG. All adverts must be about Zeiss equipment. You can post them at any time as a dealer or collector. Please do not abuse this policy, regulations will be set if members become dissatisfied with excessive sale/wanted adverts from the same individuals. It is acceptable to send an auction URL as long as it maintains a relevance to discussion on ZICG.

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(UN)SUBSCRIBING
To subscribe, visit or email ZICG-subscribe@.... Once you have done this you will be emailed a message to the address you subscribed with. Follow the instructions in the email and your end of the enrolment process will be completed.

To unsubscribe send a blank message to: ZICG-unsubscribe@... or visit or (if you have difficulty) email <ZICG-owner@...>.

To post to ZICG, email your message to <zicg@...>

There are other commands available on this listserver. You must register with Yahoo before you can make use of them and then visit . When you register, you must use the email address that you are subscribed to ZICG with.

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POINTS OF REFERENCE
Marc James Small has made available to ZICG List members an extremely detailed and up-to-date bibliography of Zeiss, Leica and Rollei literature. It is available by visiting:

Zeiss Historica Society
c/o Larry Gubas (President and Acting Secretary)
8240 Bradley Road
Las Vegas
NV 89131
USA

John Scott (Treasurer, Editor) <john.t.scott@...>
4507 Mountain Path Drive
Austin TX 78759
USA

North American dues are $US 40 per year and include two issues of Zeiss Historica, the Society's journal, and an annual bonus, generally a reprint of a Zeiss publication. Dues for members outside North America are $US 50 per year. Credit card payments are welcome. For more information, see the three websites listed under MEMBER WEB PAGES. Either of the above two people can handle enquiries from interested parties.

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OFFICIAL ZICG WEB PAGE
The official ZICG web site is:

It was created by Thomas Myro. It is well out of date but has some archives from 1997 on it. Nobody has used the classified section for some time now. It is a private web page, not a collectively produced one.

Passwords are:
CONTAPROX for the archives.
PROXAR for the classifieds.

Both in uppercase letters.

WARNING: Thomas's web page has out of date subscription details, it still refers to the Coollist mailing list. That mailing list no longer exists. Please only ever refer to the Yahoo! web page for subscription information.

Sometime in the future it would be great to develop a website made up of contributions from all members of ZICG. This may be something that could be developed through Yahoo's service or via a member with web space to donate.

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MAIL SETTINGS FOR ZICG

Discussion is for members
Unmoderated
Email attachments are not permitted
Replies go to all members of the group
Subject tag: [ZICG]
Membership approved by list administrator
Language of automated messages: English

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MEMBER WEB PAGES
The following is a list of web pages on Zeiss Ikon as created by ZICG members. If you would like your site to appear here please email me and I will add it.

John A. Lind: There is a large variety of information here including Zeiss Ikon Contax, Rollei-35, Mamiya M645 and Olympus OM:
Stephen Gandy's CameraQuest:

Zeiss Historica Society Information (but not just about the ZHS):



Do you have a website about Zeiss? Send me the address!

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OTHER RELATED MAILING LISTS
To subscribe to the Rollei List:
send to: <majordomo@...>
no subject
in the body of the message, type:
subscribe rollei
or: subscribe rollei-digest

To subscribe to the Leica Users Group:
send to: <majordomo@...>
no subject
in the body of the message, type:
subscribe leica-users
or, subscribe leica-users-digest

For information about the Internet Directory of Camera Collectors (IDCC) then email <idcc-request@...> with the word "help" in the subject line.
To subscribe to the Subminiature Photography Mailing List email <listserv@...> and type
SUBSCRIBE SUBMINI-L
followed by your real name - the "subject" is ignored

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END NOTES
Any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Help build this FAQ by giving me feedback over this edition, or items to add to it.

Hei konei ra,
Michael Moffatt.

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I need to apologise to ZICG members and particularly to Simon Worsley for a recent posting? from me, in which I suggested that there was something kerfluey about his messages. It turned out that the streams of duplicate messages I was getting, ostensibly from him,? were actually caused by a glitch in my own email program. That's all fixed now, thank goodness (it's amazing how an uninstall followed by a reinstall will cure all ills!) .

Sesaon's Greetings and a Happy New Year to everyone!

John

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John T. Scott
4507 Mountain Path Drive
Austin TX 78759 USA

(512) 241 0715
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Whatever is going on with Simon Worsely's multiple messages?? They are blocking my mailbox.

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John T. Scott
4507 Mountain Path Drive
Austin TX USA
(512) 241 0715
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If they are all in good condition and functional, that is a very good price (if it is in USD or EUR) or a reasonable one (if it is in GBP).
I bought this set (along with an 85mm f2) but separately - my purchase was not for investment, but for use. And from that perspective, they were a superb buy. Outstanding engineering and optics that belie their age. Some of my favorite gear for film (and for digital - adapting the lenses to digital bodies).

Hello Marc,

Thank you for your note. I was first sold on the qualities of this lens by the impressive performance of a relatively modern (1970s) Jupiter 3 on a Kiev 4A - even the test roll with cheap film yielded great results.

The details about the design are fascinating!

Thanks again,
Raj

This is a wartime lens and might well be coated even if not so marked.? And, yes, the use of a hood will go a long way to eliminate poor resolution.

I have a variety of these lenses in CRF and LTM, along with several Jupiter-3's.? All are fine lenses but my personal favorite is a very late Jupiter-3, one of the few made in a matte black finish.? All do well with both color and black and white emulsions.

Bertele saw this lens as his triumph until he designed the later Biogon.? One of the Zeiss Ikon ads for the Contax RF shows a designer seated on a four foot stack of paper representing the work which went into the wider version of the Sonnar.

Marc

Hello Dima

Dear Dima,

Hello,

Would anyone be able to date an uncoated Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f1.5, serial number 2037239?

Thank you very much for your help!
Raj

Oh, now I see it.

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Simon,

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