Zorki 4.5/254mm lens?

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Topic author: Luiz Paracampo

Posted on: 20080430131613

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Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20080501092841

hummmm strange...it look like a Meyer optic made ...No ?

Reply author: dgillette4

Replied on: 20080501093734

[:)] I once had to repair an exakta or pentacon lense , I removed the front lense retainer ring only to find another ring with a zeiss name on it underneath. Who knows ? Don

ZORKIE'S Survive

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20080501093800

Lens probably is not Russian indeed.

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20080501100753

by the way may i show you a very well made Industar-29 (zenit 80) in 39mm screw mount !!!

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/IMG_4221.jpg

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20080501105943

Wow! Really professional work! You can't make it at the kitchen table [:)] Any possibility such adapters/adaptations was made by manufactory?
How they get around aperture control? As I can recall Salut has automatic aperture?

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20080501114147

it is fully manual ....

here are two pictures after dismantle....

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/IMG_4224.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/IMG_4223.jpg

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20080501201450

Hey people!
Two notes:
1- The 254mm lens seems not to be Russian but possibly British or American once 254mm fills exactly 10 inches!
Cook made them for Bell & Howell Foton Kodak made one for Ektra and Hasselblad and Dallmeyer for Hasselblad and Reid.
2- The Industar 29 back could be factory made. Arsenal made (and sold) some adaptations. There is a notice in Abramov's site, I will return later,the page. Note in this lens the lack of spring load diaphragm.
Regards LP