Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUGs, A few days ago I posted a question concerning the identity of a Zeiss Ikon Contax camera. Unfortunately the server crashed and I miss the first few posts and have only received two. Although I can garner some information from the two, I believe I missed the most important stuff. Below are the only posts I have received. I greatly apologize for this as I know it is a pain to repost, but if you could? Thanks so very much. > At 00:37 27/07/97 -0400, you wrote (in part, re the Sonnar 50/1.5): > <snipped> > >Contax IIa black-dial, dating from 1952 or 1953. The lens is, arguably, > >the finest normal lens yet produced for a 35mm camera. This is the > >(slightly) recomputed, West German version: the earlier East German design > >is no slouch, either. > >Marc > > I've seen a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 50/1.5 in LTM mount advertised and I > wonder if this is the same thing as you describe- I assume it is. If so, > could this actually be better than the late Summilux 50/1.5 for Leica M? > > Joe Berenbaum > > Yes. This is a Wartime Carl Zeiss Jena lens, almost certainly coated. It > certainly does not offer the optical performance of the current 50mm > Summilux -- I have both, incidentally -- though it comes surprisingly close > in a much smaller package. Not bad, for a 1931 design. > > Marc - -- Sincerely, Peter A. ******************************* Peter A. Keady - Photographer 314 West Berwick Street Easton Pa 18042-6558 (610) 559-7848 pkeady@itw.com Changing the world one photograph at a time