[rollei_list] Re: Zeiss Ikon OOB in 1971
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:45:20 -0500
At 07:46 AM 7/22/2010, you wrote:
Hi Marc,
I'm hard pressed to believe that all the "Made In Germany" Contax RTS lenses
I've seen over the years are "market test models", unless they made *quite*
a few of them. In the RTS world, the "Made In Germany" versions of the
lenses bring premium.
You certainly can check eBay to see that quite a significant number of RTS
lenses offered are "Made In Germany".
Regards,
Austin
As for me, I have the following main items:
A Contax RTS, Gold plated base, reading :
For Demonstration Only
Contax Division
Yashica Japan 079496
Planar 1.4/50 Carl Zeiss, T* 5924651
Distagon 2.8/25 Carl Zeiss T* 5913980
DSB Zoom 70-210 mm 1:4 Made in Japan Yashika Lens
Two Contax Real Time Winders, marked "Japan" on the bottom with serial numbers
It's been a long time but I'm pretty sure I bought the two
fixed-focus lenses with the understanding that they were of German
Origin, but there is no country of origin marking on them. I do know
that the specifications and transfer function graphs that came with
them were printed in Germany.
The zoom lens was much less expensive than the German versions made
for the camera and it performed well for me.
The camera was supposed to be returned to the importer by the store,
but of course he sold it to me just to get more income.
In the time I have had it the shutter has developed one pin-hole
(since repaired) and one of the winders has died. Those winders were
pretty good for their day, 1 1/2 frames per second. I have some
rapid fire sequences of the German Battle Scenes (people/soldiers
flying about, etc.) shot in La Jolla for "The Stuntman" movie. I
happened to meet one of the cast members and he gave me his set pass.
The camera has been re-covered by "Camera Leather". Not sure he is
still around. The original cover leather was very soft and failed
quickly. I stayed with leather but for a while the fashion was to
re-cover the cameras with textured rubber, thus "ruggedizeing" them.
DAW
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