[rollei_list] Re: Lens Serial Nr.
- From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:12:11 -0400
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1952 and SEP 1955, when it was superseded by the Ib, Ic, and then by the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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