I have the 50/3.5 Rigid Tessar -- they are available if you look for them. Sold separately they attract a lot of attention and command a high price. About a week after losing an auction for one I found mine attached to a IIIa with other gear for less than half the price of the lens that I lost the auction on. Doug -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:24 AM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "different types of black boxes" (was: OT / prove it !) At 11:38 PM 4/2/05 -0800, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >All true, but I've never seen or heard of a RIGID f3.5 >Tessar in a Contax mount. > > Jerry The Postwar Oberkochen f/3.5 50mm Tessar for the Contax was in a rigid mount. These lenses were not produced in large numbers and are rather rare today. (This is one of the few Contax lenses I do not own.) Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir!