[rollei_list] Re: Rollei 3.5F Opton
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:15:12 -0400
At 05:10 PM 10/25/2012, Robert Meier wrote:
>Carlos (and others) --
>
>I have gotten a 3.5F Whiteface that has neither a Planar nor a
>Xenotar, but instead has an Oberkochen OPTON Pl 75mm f3.5 lens. Have
>you ever heard of that?
Robert, when the East and West Germans were
becoming split following World War II, the
division of the Zeiss enterprizes was most
complex. For reasons far beyond our purview here
today, the US Army set up a Zeiss lens factory in
a former reserve Luftwaffe landing -gear works,
and that was at Oberkochen. The US did not trust
that the Soviets would pull their weight in
DOWNFALL, the invasion of Japan, and so they were
frantic to use their captured Zeiss resources to
produce both aerial recon lenses and medical
gear. As the Japs acknowledged reality (they
never did surrender, mind you), this became
superfluous but the Oberkochen site became the
current large Zeiss works. So, yes, OPTON is
very much part of the Zeiss heritage. What is the
serial number on the lens? That counts for a lot.
Marc
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Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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