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HU: Mega Rare Zeiss Biogon 3.5 in LTM??? |
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03-17-2006
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Old Rebel
Gid is offline
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HU: Mega Rare Zeiss Biogon 3.5 in LTM???
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03-17-2006
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Mental Experimental.
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Yup...that would be it. I wonder what his reserve is.
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03-17-2006
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neo-romanticist
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Originally Posted by Stephanie Brim
Yup...that would be it. I wonder what his reserve is.
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A liver and a spleen. |
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03-24-2006
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Registered User
John Shriver is offline
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Closed, reserve not met, 507.89 UK Pounds. (Approximately US $882.05)
Very nice looking.
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03-26-2006
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Contax Connaisseur
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Looks suspiciously Jupiter to me. Purple coating, large, black aperture selector.
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03-26-2006
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rangefinder user and fancier
xayraa33 is offline
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for a WW 2 era lens , the aperture number progression should be the older european series ie: f 3.2 , f4.5 , f f6.3 etc.
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03-26-2006
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sans bokeh
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Originally Posted by xayraa33
for a WW 2 era lens , the aperture number progression should be the older european series ie: f 3.2 , f4.5 , f f6.3 etc.
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I don't know whether this is a definitive criterion... I have a number of pre-war Zeiss Contax lenses that do not follow this progression, and also have a circa 1940 T-coated 35/2.8 Biogon that follows the "normal" progression of 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, etc.
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03-26-2006
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Contax Connaisseur
Mike Kovacs is offline
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I don't think any of the Contax/LTM Zeiss optics used the old speed sequence like you see on the old Leitz Elmars.
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03-26-2006
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The listing mentions T*. I thought that was a relatively new coating process?
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03-26-2006
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Er, I thought Zeiss Jena was only listed Post WW2?
Also, T coated, not T*.
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03-26-2006
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It had those two key words that push it into collectors' territory: "Leica" and "rare" ...
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03-26-2006
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It appears to be the Biogon that was copied to produce the Jupiter 12.
Jim N.
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03-26-2006
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rangefinder user and fancier
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so Zeiss had the "normal" f number progression way earlier than Leitz did.
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03-27-2006
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Contax Connaisseur
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My oldest Contax lens is from 1936 and has the normal f/stop sequence. Actually, even my 1925 Voigtlander AVUS 9x12 plate camera also had the usual sequence.
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