Räuber
Established
About this internal serial of 1407/9. I have seen this before.
At the bottom of this page there is one picture of the slope of another lens showing the exact same serial number.
And then there is this one lens with the serial 1407/7
I think the serial of 1407xxx is no coinsidence. The 1407/9 reminds me of prototype numbering.
At the bottom of this page there is one picture of the slope of another lens showing the exact same serial number.
And then there is this one lens with the serial 1407/7
Leitz Photographica Auction - Carl Zeiss Jena (So
Carl Zeiss Jena (Sonnar) 1.5/6cm
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Leitz Photographica Auction - (ZEISS) f. M39 6 cm
(ZEISS) f. M39 6 cm/1,5 (Sonnar)
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I think the serial of 1407xxx is no coinsidence. The 1407/9 reminds me of prototype numbering.
Räuber
Established
A small follow up on the topic of lens quality of the Sonnar 5,8cm f/1,5.
I did my strange flashlight test with all of my Sonnar 5cm f/1,5 and my Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/2. I will spare you the results of all of them. But some best of ones for you.
My Sonnar 5,8cm f/1,5
My v1 Sonnar 5cm f/2. I talked about the erosion of the front lens of the first f2 lenses that can be seen even in the bokeh balls.
My v4 wartime Sonnar. This one produces a very vintage effect too.
Again one of the Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/2 that looks very bad and I noticed a poor sharpness and contrast before doing this test.
In Comparison my Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/1,5. A little bit soft but not a bad lens.
And here one of the sharper wartime Sonnar 5cm f/1,5 T coated lenses.
I did my strange flashlight test with all of my Sonnar 5cm f/1,5 and my Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/2. I will spare you the results of all of them. But some best of ones for you.
My Sonnar 5,8cm f/1,5
My v1 Sonnar 5cm f/2. I talked about the erosion of the front lens of the first f2 lenses that can be seen even in the bokeh balls.
My v4 wartime Sonnar. This one produces a very vintage effect too.
Again one of the Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/2 that looks very bad and I noticed a poor sharpness and contrast before doing this test.
In Comparison my Nickel Sonnar 5cm f/1,5. A little bit soft but not a bad lens.
And here one of the sharper wartime Sonnar 5cm f/1,5 T coated lenses.
TenEleven
Well-known
Really nice work @dexdog and yeah that looks certainly a lot like a Zeiss stamped number. Especially considering that the would be fakers certainly would not go through the effort to put it there - especially so when one considers the crudeness of some of the machining on display here.
That RF cam... goodness gracious. I think that's the worst I have seen so far. I wonder if you could get the RF to track by moving the RF cam sleeve forward or back or whether the rangefinder offset comes from the slope itself (also likely)
That RF cam... goodness gracious. I think that's the worst I have seen so far. I wonder if you could get the RF to track by moving the RF cam sleeve forward or back or whether the rangefinder offset comes from the slope itself (also likely)