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Zeiss jena sonnar nr2552394 contax fit.
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Stefan Arnold
Hi... Could somebody help me date this lens correctly please. ?It's on eBay right now.?
I found a link with dates but I'm not sure they are correct.? ?The serial number is 2552394 The link is? Look at this on eBay ? Hope someone could give me a bit more information. Is this lens coated?? Many thanks? S Arnold? |
开云体育This lens is included in a batch of 3000 lenses completed 3 June
1939.? It does not appear to be coated, as judged from the photos,
lacking any sort of amber or other color highlights.? No "T"
markings either, but that alone is not dispositive.? On 8/4/2016 6:45 PM, Stefan Arnold
stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG] wrote:
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Maurice Greeson
开云体育From the pictures it looks to be uncoated. Some lenses from that period were uncoated. ?The coated one were marked with a T.Maurice On Aug 4, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Stefan Arnold stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG] <ZICG@...> wrote:
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According to the Carl Zeiss Jena serial number, the lens was made in 1939. ?Jena lenses usually were not coated until after WW2, but some were coated just before and during WW2. ?I have a Super Ikonta 533-16 BX with lens number 2623007 which would indicate it also was made in 1939, but the camera was assembled postwar as it has an asterisk after the body number although the lens IS coated. ?The lens you are inquiring about might have been factory coated or sent to the factory to be coated postwar. ? From: "Stefan Arnold stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG]" <ZICG@...> To: yahoogroups Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 6:45 PM Subject: [ZICG] Zeiss jena sonnar nr2552394 contax fit.
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Hi... Could somebody help me date this lens correctly please. ?It's on eBay right now.? I found a link with dates but I'm not sure they are correct.?
?The serial number is 2552394 The link is? Look at this on eBay ? Hope someone could give me a bit more information. Is this lens coated?? Many thanks? S Arnold? |
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Stefan Arnold
Wow.. That's amazing, to be able to be that specific with a date... 3 months before Ww2....is it a standard mount? What is the black metal??
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Many thanks for your expertise.?
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开云体育The date comes from a publication called Frabikationsbuch
PhotooptikII, Carl Zeiss Jena by Hartmut Thiele.? Mr. Thiele
complied the data in the book from Zeiss factory records.? The
lens in question appears to be in standard Contax mount.? The rear
portion of the lens mount is probably black so as to minimize
reflective surfaces that could adversely affect lens performance-
this is standard feature on CZJ lenses of the period. On 8/5/2016 8:18 AM, Stefan Arnold
stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG] wrote:
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Will Panich
Greetings to All! I have a very similar 1.5 Jena Sonnar with a earlier serial number 2188102. I came upon it a few years ago on Ebay. Mine is definitely not "T" coated but it renders very beautifully wide open(i.e. dreamy) but quickly becomes very sharp but with a character that is quite unique at f2 and beyond. Wouldn't be without it. It has stops to F11. Am I to understand this lens was manufactured in 1913 based on the serial # chart? If so, truly remarkable lens. Best regards,Wil On Friday, August 5, 2016 5:39 AM, "Mark Matusiak mmatusiak@... [ZICG]" wrote:
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This lens is included in a batch of 3000 lenses completed 3 June
1939.? It does not appear to be coated, as judged from the photos,
lacking any sort of amber or other color highlights.? No "T"
markings either, but that alone is not dispositive.?
On 8/4/2016 6:45 PM, Stefan Arnold
stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG] wrote:
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Will Panich
Dropped a digit looks like 1938. Nevertheless wonderful optic. Wil On Friday, August 5, 2016 12:41 PM, "Will Panich wilpanich@... [ZICG]" wrote:
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Greetings to All! I have a very similar 1.5 Jena Sonnar with a earlier serial number 2188102. I came upon it a few years ago on Ebay. Mine is definitely not "T" coated but it renders very beautifully wide open(i.e. dreamy) but quickly becomes very sharp but with a character that is quite unique at f2 and beyond. Wouldn't be without it. It has stops to F11. Am I to understand this lens was manufactured in 1913 based on the serial # chart? If so, truly remarkable lens. Best regards,Wil On Friday, August 5, 2016 5:39 AM, "Mark Matusiak mmatusiak@... [ZICG]"
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This lens is included in a batch of 3000 lenses completed 3 June
1939.? It does not appear to be coated, as judged from the photos,
lacking any sort of amber or other color highlights.? No "T"
markings either, but that alone is not dispositive.?
On 8/4/2016 6:45 PM, Stefan Arnold
stefanfelixarnold@... [ZICG] wrote:
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开云体育Thiele's book gives 2188102 as part of a batch of 3000 lenses
completed 13 December 1937.? I love the rendering of the old
uncoated sonnars on my Sony A7 On 8/5/2016 12:41 PM, Will Panich
wilpanich@... [ZICG] wrote:
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Stefan Arnold
This lens will be a great addition to someones outfit then based on your experience with uncoated jena sonnar will. ?I was given a contax 2 camera by my Dad at the same time as this lens. ?It seems it was manufactured in the same year as this lens 1939. ?I have decided to sell this lens to pay for the repair of the jammed shutter on the contax.?
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Regards? Stefan?
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