Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Look down toward the bottom of page 1 of this link to see what this fellow has to say about a similar lens. http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=3897 Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:21 PM Subject: [Leica] Someone gave me a strange lens > 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 > >