CZ Contax rear end of long lenses

[johank]

I have in my small collection a 50 and a 30 cm CZ that both are adopted to Exacta Varex, I would like to use them with my CZ Mirror house,
Does anyone know where to get the right rear ends?
Obviously the CZ lenses where fitted with many diffrent cupplings.

Johan K

Ystad

 

[sevo]

I have in my small collection a 50 and a 30 cm CZ that both are adopted to Exacta Varex,

They most likely are GDR CZJ lenses, factory made for Exakta - after the war, Jena was the official main supplier for Exakta and made large amounts of them, while they only made a tiny amount of lenses for the Stuttgart Contax once Oberkochen was fully set up.

It they should be pre war CZ, that old long lenses for either mount are exotic enough that it would be pretty barbaric to have such a museum grade item converted...

I would like to use them with my CZ Mirror house,
Does anyone know where to get the right rear ends?

As I said, GDR CZJ Contax lenses (other than 35 and 50mm) already are rare - spare parts must be even more rare. If you want an original part, it might take years of travelling after Camera fairs within Europe. Probably the best bet would be to have a new one made by some camera service specializing in Contax (and owning a lathe). Be warned, there was a mess of mutually incompatible mirror boxes for the Contax, so you'd have to state precisely what (and what version/vintage) you have!

 

[johank]

My lenses are from the 30s.
Long lenses where only made post war by Jena for VEB and W-German CZ, including 18, 30 and 50 cm. Rear end is the camera adaptor so an extra rear end don't harm anyting. 30 and 50 cm lenses seems to have same rear ends fittings.
115 mm Makro Tessar was a CZ Option lens, as my postwar 8,5 and 13,5 cm Sonnars.
CZ long lenses where made with fittings for most better German cameras. Information is my intrest. Thanks for your time.

 

[sevo]

Sure there was such a thing as a user interchangeable adapter? The post war Contax and Exakta catalogues contain nothing I can identify as such a thing - the lenses from that period presumably are factory adapted and weren't intended for cross camera use (but it might still be possible if you run across a spare adapter).

You might want to ask the Zeiss Ikon collectors over at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZICG - someone there is bound to have earlier product literature!

 

[S.H.]

For lenses such as 18cm and 30cm (black, postwar), just unscrew the rear part with the tripod collar and screw directly to a Flektoscop or Flektometer (different screw, early postwar lenses seems to have a Flektoscop mount, latter one Flektometer).

I have both 18cm (32731xx) and 30cm (32108xx) for Exakta, looks like Flektoscop mount but I do not have one to confirm. (could not unscrew the rear of the 30cm : it is like new but frozen solid, hardened grease)