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08/18/2010 16:09

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Jacques,

thanks. Yes, it seems to be a classic Zorki 3, it has the stand foot like a Contax or early Kiev. But it has an arrow instead of a point engraved as marker for the speeds on the top. And the lens is one of the Jupiter 8 that is of older build type (the one that is not easy to disassemble :-)

And about the room for collecting all of them... don't aks :-D

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

10/14/2010 18:24

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Well, here's a curios lens... A M39 J-12, serial number starting with 87, so it should be from 1987. Made by LZOS. But it is silver! It looks like new, no marks of transplating a newer lens barrel into an old house. Until when do they have built silver J-12?

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

10/21/2010 07:19

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Received this morning a 1949 Fed-Zorki with the correct lens. And two war time LTM Zeiss lenses: Sonnar 1,5/5cm and collapsible 2/5cm. Both T coated.
Fabulous! Big smile

I will open in a while a topic about war time Zeiss lenses, as forerunners of ZK...

Amitiés. Jacques.

10/31/2010 15:46

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Jacques,

congratulations to the FED-Zorki and the two lenses. What are the numbers of the Sonnar lenses?

As I said in the TSVVS thread I own one now. Here are some pictures after cleaning and reassembling it (maybe I disassemble it again to take comparision photos between it and a FED).







Unfortunately the lever that locks the lens was missing, so I replaces it by one of a Kiev. But this one is a bit too long so the lens does not sit correctly in the middle. But as I have seen on IIRC Yuris site there may exist other TSVVS's with such lever and I have also seen pictures where this lever is missing.

Different to the one of Bill is that the handle to focus the lens is a big wider than the one on his, but I also have seen these wider handles on some pictures. Seems that they made different handles during the 2 years of production.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

11/01/2010 05:34

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Hi Ulrich,

Two friends of mine have too slightly "incomplete" TSVVS. The one with the same part as you, the second with an incorrect release button (replaced by a Fed one). Perhaps the factory had some problems with parts?

Your TSVVS looks new now! Perhaps I could send you some tens of cameras to clean? Big smileBig smile

My Sonnar lenses just arrived:
- 2/5cm T coated collapsible serial # 2711193,
- 1,5/5cm T coated (rigid)seial # 2786907.
Both with Leica screw mount.

It should be great to know more about the production of Zeiss during WW2. At least to have starting points for ZK lenses... I promised a topic about that problem. Not enough time actually!

Amitiés. Jacques.

11/02/2010 16:22

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Hi Jacques,

interesting, so it could be that mine was delivered without the lever and that the use of the two different levers was normal.

The serial numbers of your 2 M39 Zeiss lenses match the range I know about, so they may have been built in 1944. I have some articles about the production of M39 Zeiss lenses and some about the evolution of the Contax to the Kiev, but they are all in german. If you are interested in them let me know, I can send them to you. Or maybe Vlad can make a new topic in the history and documents section so that I can upload them.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

11/03/2010 06:07

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Hi Ulrich,

By the common datas, these lenses would have been made a bit earlier, perhaps in 1942 or 1943. But there is an evident lack of precision for these years...
Certainly Vlad might open a new section in the part "history and documents": these information would be useful for anybody interested by Kiev. He could add too the two articles I noted in the topic "forerunners of Kiev 1947". If he thinks that useful. Smile

Anyway I send you a PM: I will manage to translate these articles!

Amitiés. Jacques.

11/16/2010 15:42

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Just saw it on eBay about two weeks ago - a Sokol 2 for a "buy it now" price of 9,95 Euro. Today it arrives, it seems to be an unused camera and it works fine. Even the mercury cell has enough power :-) It is made in 1983 and has the yellow/red squares on the top.

Sokol is like a brick, but I like those bricks :-)

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

11/26/2010 15:36

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Just finished in my collection. :) A Fed 1f with serial number 232966. I really doubt the ring of the release collar is from Fed originally.

There was no lens unfortunately, so I decided to use a Leica compatible lens mount from a spare Zorki C. Shimmed it down to 28.8mm, still have to adjust correct readings for close focus!

Got it as a bunch of parts with cracked curtains, and put in new curtains. Cleaned out all the gears and treated the axes and some moving parts with special mineral watch oil. Believe me, that makes such a difference compared to other oils like; gun oil, sewing machine oil, wd40, machine oil, etc!
Its smooth and silent now, like a watch! Big smile

It must be tested nowadays... Smile

Regards! ;)
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