Query: f3.5 Elmar 3.5 cm , non-standard

[FPjohn]

Hello:

How likely is a nickel 3,5 cm Elmar, with no visible serial number, to be non-standard? It definitely does not focus to infinity on the IIIb. Minimum focus marked as 1 m not 1,25 and the infinity lock is 7 o'clock with a stepped button.

yours
FPJ

 

[FPjohn]

Very like

Very like

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/like/191780422333?item=191780422333&lgeo=1&vectorid=229529&rmvSB=true

 

[Dralowid]

Hello:

How likely is a nickel 3,5 cm Elmar, with no visible serial number, to be non-standard? It definitely does not focus to infinity on the IIIb. Minimum focus marked as 1 m not 1,25 and the infinity lock is 7 o'clock with a stepped button.

yours
FPJ

Possible but unlikely. Non standardised production numbers, as I understand it, were very low and many cameras and lenses were subsequently standardised. A non standardised lens would always have the last three digits of the original camera's serial number engraved somewhere.

From memory I think un-numbered 35mm Elmars exist much like the 50mm version.

I would suspect that the lens has received some amateur attention in its long life...

 

[FPjohn]

Thanks. I suspect an encounter with a door frame although the glass and focusing helicoid action are impeccable. FPJ

 

[Luddite Frank]

Looks like nickel finish...

I think the Infinity-lock button has been replaced; that stepped-button looks like chrome-plate to me.