[rollei_list] Re: Lens Serial Nr.

Marc,

No, no!  There were TWO.  Just check McKeown's Guide. There was an early
IIa (1950-1952) and a restyled IIa (1953-1956)   I had both types, and they were
different.  The later type was like the Iko Favorit, but  without a meter

I will not expect you to admit your error :-)

Jerry.

Marc James Small wrote:

> At 05:32 PM 7/21/05 -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >Roger,
> >
> >There are, at least, TWO Ikoflexes with the appellation IIa. Both are decent
> >cameras, with f3.5 Tessar lenses.
>
> Jerry
>
> There is only one type of Ikoflex IIa, the 855/16 Lcn produced between OCT
> 1952 and SEP 1955, when it was superseded by the Ib, Ic, and then by the
> Favorit.
>
> I suspect that you were referring to the balls-up with the Prewar Ikoflex
> III:  the first one came with a 3.5/7.5cm lens but this was then replaced
> by the "new" Ikoflex III, with its 2.8/8cm CZJ Tessar lens, the only
> occasion on which Zeiss Ikon seriously challenged Franke & Heidecke for the
> professional market, a move rendered futile due to one Ogf. A. Hitler.
>
> The original III was hastily renumbered the Ikoflex II, and the original
> Ikoflex II was discontinued.
>
> So, in the late 1930's there were two versions of the Ikoflex II and two
> versions of the Ikoflex III on the boards, but the Postwar IIa was the only
> one of its type and, unlike most of the Ikoflex line, only was offered with
> a Tessar lens.
>
> Marc
>
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