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Topic author: AidasCams
Posted on: 20091231040247
Reply author: nightphoto
Replied on: 20100101172548
Hello Aidas and Happy New Year to you my friend!
I don't know of this lens specifically, however one thing I have noticed over the years amy be of help in identifying it.
I have seen that most often when the "N" in the serial number has the two little right angle lines (serifs) at either end of the letter, that this is a bit unusual and seems to appear on optics (mostly lenses) from Kazan / KOMZ. You can see this in a photo of a Jupiter-11 lens (bottom left photo, page 248, of Princelle) and also the serial number on the back of the lens-attachment for the ZOLA (upper left photo, page 198, Princelle). This lens attachment for ZOLA was probably made at KOMZ, although it is not marked with a logo, and of course KOMZ had close links with KMZ during USSR days, so probably they made it for KGB ... special order.
So, maybe the origin of this lens is KOMZ!
Regards, Bill
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20100102133700
Reply author: nightphoto
Replied on: 20100102140818
Hi Vlad,
Yes, and so do other military cameras and equipment, so it may not be factory specific, but more a military way of making the "N".
Regards, Bill
Reply author: Guido
Replied on: 20100103032122
Hello Aidas
It looks like it's not a lens for the Ajax-12/F-21, because of the three
screws. The Ajax-12/F-21 use to have four of them. But maybe this could
be a tele lens for the earlier Ajax 9 (see "1200 cameras", page 590)
with three screws around the lens.
Best wishes - Guido
Reply author: AidasCams
Replied on: 20100103100717
Hello friends and thank you for your observations!
Bill, your thought about KOMZ sounds quite possible, why not?.
Guido, if the lens has date prefix in its serial number (it seems like this indeed ...), my lens is too late for Ajax-9 camera. I did already notice a different number of screws, but it should mean nothing since the lens has screw mount ... [:)]
Best Regards,
Aidas
