Help CZJSonnar 50/1.5 or copy?

[doubs43]

This is late in the discussion, I know, but I'm looking at my pre-war Zeiss Ikoflex with uncoated lenses. On both the viewing and taking lens, a comma (,) is used instead of a period (.). The taking lens is a CZJ 7,5cm Tessar.

Looking at the apparent quality of the engravings on the Sonnar - much better than any Russian lens I've seen - I'm convinced that it's a genuine CZJ.

Walker

 

[rover]

Dressed up nicely.

 

[taffer]

Ray what's the gmp grip on the Kiev ? The Unigrip, FE, NF ??

Nice outfit you have there btw, congrats !!

 

[Paul T.]

I'm sure you're happy by now, but that rear lens mount, with what looks like neatlly-inscribed serial number, is definitely from Zeiss. I briefly owned a Zorki Sonnar - the predecessor to the Jupiter 3 - and was trying to find out if it was one that used Zeiss parts. The s/n on the Zeiss rear lens group is properly inscribed, as yours looks to be from the portion of digits shown. That on my, which was in fact a later Z SOnnar, is more or less scratched in. Plus the fact it's not coated, and I think you're home and dry.

 

[ray_g]

Yes, I am indeed happy, and glad that I posted the question 🙂 You guys have been very helpful.

Oscar, that's a Unigrip. Helps me quite a bit with the "Contax hold." It blocks a tiny portion of the lower right corner, but not to the extent that it makes a difference to me.

Rover - that's the "Bionic" look 😉