At 04:27 PM 1/25/2007, Jeff Kelley wrote: >Richard, (and Marc) > >Was the Xenar available pre-WWII? > >This site doen't make that clear: >http://www.siufai.dds.nl/Rolleiflex35_TLR.htm > >I remember somewhere seeing scans of old catalogs with the Xenar listed a >few dollars less than the Tessar but don't remember the camera model or the >timeframe....The Xenar was only available on Postwar cameras. The pricing of JSK versus Zeiss lensed models varied a bit over the years: sometimes the Xenotar-equipped 3.5 and 2.8 cameras sold for more than did the Zeiss-equipped models.
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