>> I think I`ve got wrong informations and this lens was made by Pentacon (I
>> think former CZ Dresden).
If it's a 1.8/80, it's _certainly_ made by Carl Zeiss Jena, which was
part of the famous Carl Zeiss before war (and most lenses of CZ were
made there in Jena I think), and later sacked by USSR armies (hence
the many copies of Carl Zeiss lenses by USSR "companies", like the
2/85 Jupiter-9, 2.8/35mm Jupiter-12, etc which are clones of classic
Zeiss lenses). German Democratic Republic made CZJ a V.E.B. (a
Communist type "company"), later merged with VEB Pentacon. CZJ
continued to make very high quality lenses even in GDR, made military
equipment too so it had to be best quality. The famous Zeiss Mirotar
5.6/1000 mirror lens covering 6x6cm format (!) was cloned and
continued in production in CZJ, so the "Spiegelreflex objektive aus
Jena" as was the CZJ clone called due to (c) reasons is now relative
more common than the Zeiss Mirotar.
There were even connections between Zeiss and Pentax, not only some
lenses like 3.5/15 and 2/28 and SMC, but also the K mount as some say. The
same experts say negotiations were under way similar to todays
Zeiss-Yashica relationship, and Pentax was supposed to supply bodies
like Yashica now does.
If it indeed is in K mount, please check how does the lens look. B
mount, as used by VEB Pentacon on B series Prakticas, is very similar
to K mount (some say it's a copy, that Pentax refused to license K
mount to Pentacon). But B mount uses electric contacts to tell
selected aperture to the body, so it lacks the mechanical aperture
linkage lever. Adapting would be IMHO possible, but metering wouldn't
work (it would meter only widest aparture) (auto-aperture-stopdown _would_ work
though, as the aprrtre
stopdown lever works same on B as K). It can be adapted from M42
1.8/80, then it would say PANCOLAR on the lens barrel. The B versions
says PRAKTICAR on the lens barrel, but both are same lens.
> Here in Hungary it's about 14000-20000HUF, aprox. 50-70USD.
> I've seen some above $200 on eBay... Gabor
Now, Gabor, I am going to Hungary this moment! Even here in Czech
republic they are more than double your amount! And the prices rise...
Is the price real?
Frantisek
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