Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Know nothing of the lens however - if you decide to acquire a visoflex there's almost always a way, with adapters, to get a lens to function with it. and then you can SEE what the lens can do Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Nathan wrote: > Yesterday, a Polish gentleman (friend of my uncle) gave me a couple > of items he inherited from a relative. Among them is a lens in a > screw mount of some sort, with the following marking: > > Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 706197 > Tessar 1:4.5 f=12 cm > > The lens is in remarkably good shape considering its age (I do not > know how old it is but surely it IS old). The aperture is > clickless, the focusing scale in metres only. > > The lens is very heavy despite the modest amount of glass due to > its very solid brass construction. > > Anyone know anything about this lens? I suspect it is just a > paperweight--there is no rangefinder coupling of any kind, so it is > certainly useless on a Leica Mx. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information