Fontenelle archives 69 : Rare Chinese copies of Leitz lenses

[Pecole]

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It is known that the Chinese have produced a limited number of "Red Flag" cameras, mi-M4, mi-M5, notably as gift for distinguished visitors. Rarely illustrated are two lenses produced for these cameras : copies of the Summilux 1:1.4/35mm and of the Summicron 1:2/90mm. When he visited the Fontenelle Collection in January, 1982, Rolf Fricke had just acquired two samples of these rare items, and allowed me to aim my SL2/Macro-Elmarit 60 and take a few shots. Here are the results.

 

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Three photos of the Summilux 35 copy :

 

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And four photos of the Summicron 90 copy:

 

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And finally, the caps of the two lenses :

 

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[luigi bertolotti]

Funny that the "Summilux 35" has the distance scale to 0,65m as the goggled 35s...