markjwyatt
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I added a new lens to my small collection- CZJ 35mm f2.8 Flektogon. So far I like it a lot.
Coffee and Camera; Exakta,Flektogon by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
Coffee and Camera; Exakta,Flektogon by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
Retro-Grouch
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Even prettier than a Leica! Will I be banned from RFF for that blasphemy?I added a new lens to my small collection- CZJ 35mm f2.8 Flektogon. So far I like it a lot.
Coffee and Camera; Exakta,Flektogon by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
markjwyatt
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The Exakta is one of the more interesting, even stylish, looking cameras with its sloping faces, cursive engravings, and rounded edges.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
The 35/2.8 Flektagon on my Exakta VX IIa has a different focusing ring than yours.
Kai-san
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Your Flektogon is earlier than Mark's. Do you have the Macro version? If so, it was made between 1963 and 1965.
Trask
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Is there/are there one or more repair persons who are known for good work on Exakta cameras? CLA, replace shutter curtains, etc.
milescl
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Oleg Khaliavin of OKvintagecamera.
markjwyatt
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Mine is referred to as a "Zebra", thus the striped focusing ring. All the f2.8 Zebras had a close focusing distance (~7"). The earlier aluminum model had a longer close focus distance (I think double the zebra). My Flektogon was from around 1974.
Some peoiple refer to an "early type" that was not striped: Carl Zeiss Jena 35mm F2.8 Flektogon early type C00287 | eBay
The one pictured by the SN (6293310) is from around 1963.
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Kai-san
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According to Horst Neuhaus (Zeiss Objektive, 7. Ausführung by Photo but More) the first macro version had serial no. 6369001 and was released in 1963. The normal type focused down to 0.36m and the macro version down to 0.18m. All zebra versions of this lens were macro lenses (Zeiss Objektive, 8. Ausführung by Photo but More). My Flektogon 35 (1983) belongs to the last batch ever made of this lens, a so called "black nose" (Zeiss Objektive, 9. Ausführung by Photo but More). For some unknown reason this batch had four digit serial numbers from 1000 to 56xx, mine is no. 4732 (see below).
markjwyatt
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I have a CZJ 35mm f2.4 in M42 from that post 1980 series. Mine is the 555th produced in the first batch in 1980.
Camera and Coffee; Praktica, Flektogon by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
Trask
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Thanks for the tip, milesci! I'll look up Oleg and give him a shout.