DR/ZM Alert

[waileong]

My DR Summicron will not focus past 10 m once mounted on the Zeiss Ikon. And it won't even to mount with the lens set to infinity.

It's not a problem, I can use other 50 mm's, but just a heads up to all ZI/DR owners/potential owners.

 

[Vincenzo Maielli]

The Zeiss Ikon camera have the same shutter of the Bessa R2A. Thies camera, as all the Bessa M cameras, don't work in combination with the DR Summicron 50 (that i own, also as the Bessa R2). See the Bessa R2 section on the Stephen Gandy site, for more info about this incompatibility.
Ciao.
Vincenzo

 

[waileong]

I hope Zeiss publicised this independently because no one would think to look at a Bessa page for a ZM restriction.

 

[Mazurka]

They may both be incompatible with the DR Cron, but the Zeiss Ikon's shutter is improved (i.e. different) from the one found on the Bessas: http://elekm.net/zeiss_ikon/pages/comments_other_bm.html

It's Stephen Gandy's and not Cosina's site that points out the so-called "restriction" about an "off-brand" lens made 50 years ago. I don't think Cosina or Zeiss would ever bother to mention arcana like this which could be perceived as a shortcoming by some people.

 

[Vincenzo Maielli]

Thanks, Mazurka, for the mention of the Mike Elek site: i'm a collector of a photographic tools reviews. The section of the shutter sound is fantastic.
Ciao.
Vincenzo