[LRflex] Re: Collar for Zeiss TeleTessar 4/300

I've now borrowed the lens for the weekend, it does indeed have a tripod =

collar, but this one is shifted from horizontal to vertical by pulling=20
it back towards the camera and then rotating it.The build and mass of=20
the lens is very impressive and I'm really looking forward to trying it=20
out in the morning.
Douglas - hoping for clear weather over the weekend

Robert O. SHAW wrote:

>Hm-m-m-m-m.
>
>Mine was new.  There was no collar at the time.  Perhaps they added it a=
fter=20
>so many folks complained about the balance and stress on the lens mount.=

>
>I sure liked mine, though.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bob in Seattle
>
> =20
>
>>From: Juan Gea-Banacloche <banacloj@xxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [LRflex] Re: Terribly OT - Zeiss TeleTessar 4/300
>>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:06:59 -0400
>>
>>Not true. I am looking at mine right now, and it does have a rotating
>>collar, with a very nifty ring in front of the aperture ring that you
>>unscrew to release the collar and rotate it.
>>
>>On Jun 29, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Robert O. SHAW wrote:
>>
>>   =20
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>>>Does NOT have a built-in rotating mount so it hangs off the front
>>>mount with
>>>the body of the camera supporting the whole magilla.
>>>
>>>There is and after market collar.  I never used it.
>>>
>>>If you can get it for $ 500 bucks, for sure go for it!
>>>
>>>     =20
>>>
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