Marc and Carlos, thanks for your reply. Here is more complete information as requested: LENS The exact wording on the front is" Sonnar 1:2 f=50mm Carl Zeiss Nr 1058406 " No "T" found. Lens has a bluish tinge.
It is in VG condition, It has a filter on it. The f stops are from 2 to 22.CAMERA The serial is D 81941 . The serial was both on the flash shoe and inside. It looked like a B on the shoe. The camera seems a bit more elaborate than the ones on eBay. For example, the window for the range finder is mounted by small screws. The two metal winding knobs seem elaborate too. The left rewind knob has one revolving ring that shows ASA (6 to 400) and f (1.5-22) and an outer ring indicate speeds in this order, 1250 down to 1 and back up to 60 ??, This side is obviously for the meter that seems very responsive. The camera is dirty but in VG condition. No Zeiss bumps. It seems to work fine but the viewfinder-range finder is very dirty
I sold my Contax a couple years ago and regretted it. This one gave me film camera inspiration! I will have this one professionally cleaned and checked. Marc said fixing your camera is like doing brain surgery on a relative. I found that to be true in trying to clean a viewer system in an old rangefinder camera. Fortunately I did pay much for it.
Any recommendations on a repair facility would be appreciated. If you want an JPEG's on this I will send to you off list.
thanks again, Roger----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:24 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Contax At 12:01 AM 4/10/2012, CarlosMFreaza wrote: > Roger Wiser <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:>> Some time ago I sold my contax on this list and I regretted to this day. I
>> just picked up one with an exposure meter. It seems to be in very good >> condition but it needs a good cleaning. >> >> The SN of the camera is B81941 >> >> The lens is Sonnar 1:2 50mm SN1058406 >> >> I and not sure what model or year this is > >Roger: > It seems Marc is off line, he has good info about the >pre-war Contax models, I'll try to help. Your camera is a pre-war >Contax III (it's like the Contax II but provided with lightmeter), the >B letter indicates your camera is from about 1937 (some sources say >the B is for 1936, however I have a Contax II # B 33268 and Marc wrote > it's from 1937), but your lens is from 1929/30, it is too old for the >Contax II/III (they were manufactured from 1936), are you sure about >the number?, anyway since the lenses are interchangeable the combo >could be possible thinking about the Contax I made from 1932. My CZJ >Sonnar 1,5/50 SN is 2188792 from 1937.- B81941 is too early a number for a Contax III, as the earliest number for the Prewar Contax B series is 19001. It is similarly too low a number for a Postwar IIIa RD. Could you check the number? 2/50 Sonnar 1058406 does not appear in either the Carl Zeiss Jena lists or on those for Zeiss-Opton and Carl Zeiss. Could you provide the FULL data from the number ring, including whether it is marked in mm or cm, whether it is marked 'Carl Zeiss Jena' or 'Zeiss-Opton' or 'Carl Zeiss', and whether it bears a red T marking. Thanks! Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org
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