Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:08 PM 2/6/2009, Frank Filippone wrote: >Where do these stories come from? Period Zeiss Sonnars in LTM were never >common.... but I have never seen nor heard of a fake one...... > >Marc? > Frank I never had, either, until recently but we have had a detailed discussion on these over on the Zeiss Ikon Collector's Group, and it seems that fakes do exist, primarily using Jupiter-3 parts from the Krasnagorsk works outside of Moscow. The primary giveaway is the use of a capital "M" to mark the metric distance scale -- the Soviet/Post-Soviet industry uses "M" while Zeiss uses the lower-case "m". To confuse the issue, lenses with genuine Zeiss elements have surfaced mounted in reworked ZPS mounts, while some have also appeared with genuine Zeiss mounts and SPS elements. It gets confusing! I'm very glad I got mine donkey's years back. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!