[rollei_list] Re: Contax
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:16:49 -0300
I asked Roger some images about the camera and lens and he sent them.
There is no doubt it is a postwar Contax IIIa, it looks very good
beyond some little aesthetic details and it seems it will be a great
camera after a CLA. The lens shows a strong blueish reflection, a
typical "blue lens" from the '50s, it is coated despite the lack of
the red "T" letter in the lens ring and made by Carl Zeiss Oberkochen
due to the serial number and other details and as Marc explained too.
I have a second pre-war Contax II provided with a post-war Sonnar
2/5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr 3006362 (it follows the historical CZJ SN
sequence) made in 1947 as "part of batch of 800 such lenses completed
on 20 MAR 1947" according Marc and other sources info.This lens is "T"
marked and it also shows a strong blueish reflection, similar to Roger
lens, I think my Sonnar 2/5cm lens made less than two years after the
war demonstrates CZJ already used hard coatings before the war and
during the war since they couldn't develop this lens coating process
in the immediate Postwar considering the more than difficult Carl
Zeiss Jena situation and Germany general situation at the time. I
still never used this lens because it needs a CLA in spite of its good
condition, it will receive it the next month, I only used the uncoated
prewar Sonnar 1,5/5cm.
Carlos
CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> Roger Wiser <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>> 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
> ....
>> Any recommendations on a repair facility would be appreciated. If you want
>> an JPEG's on this I will send to you off list.
>
> Roger:
> According the improved description , your camera would be a
> post-war Contax IIIa made from 3/1955 to 1/1956 by Zeiss Ikon
> Stuttgart (West Germany), the lens would be a 2/50mm coated Sonnar
> made by Carl Zeiss Oberkochen (West Germany) when they no longer
> engraved the red "T" in the lens ring because it became a common
> treatment for high quality lenses (most CZ Oberkochen lenses came
> without the red "T" from about the SN 1,000,000 according a "made at
> home" research, I found a few exceptions close to this number
> anyway).
>
> Carlos
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