Zorki 3k 5cm f2 Red P Kiev mount

[Attila]

do you have any info about this lens ?


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[iangreenhalgh1]

Maybe it is just an early version of what later became the Jupiter-8? The 49 serial may mean it was made in 1949 so it was probably made by Zeiss employees, possibly from Zeiss glass, it is likely to be a clone of the Sonnar 2/50. I have a 55 serial J-8 in M39 and a similar age J-8 in Contax/Kiex mount, I will have to dig that one out and take a pic of it as I think it looks very similar to this lens you have.

[geoffox23]

Here is something ... http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?1702131232

[Kathmandu]

[scsambrook]

Attila's lens looks to be a rigid version - is that so? I'm no expert on these older USSR lenses but they do seem to be an interesting subject.

[Attila]

[std]

Here (the Krasnogorsky lens production calatog from 1949) they say that already have produced that lens from 1947
http://www.zenitcamera.com/catalog/catalog-lenses-1949.html

and they have started making glass from 52 (at leas this says on the J12 page) http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/lenses/jupiter-12.html

If it is made prior 1952 there is a good chance that the glass is German made.

[Orio]

it looked to me a copy of Sonnar 2/50 at first sight.
Might be even better than Jupiter-8 probably, due to using original Zeiss components.

[Attila]

[Attila]

http://forum.mflenses.com/zorki-3k-5cm-red-p-kiev-4a-t45977.html

[Lightshow]

Nice looking lens.