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What a beauty Jaques - is it functional? What vintage is it?

I am not totally sure of the exact vintage- I guess early 1950's though the style of the Exakta cameras is distinctly Art Deco- and harks back to the 1930's.

 

here is an image of the Exakta VX1000 camera with stereo viewfinder attachment and beam splitter. The camera is fully functional- and the stereo viewfinder attachment is really amazing. When you look through you see a single 3 dimensional image. (shot taken noctilux+oufro). The beam splitter is designed for 50mm lenses- but I cannot mount my Exakta 50mm lens on the M240 as it has a protrusion on the flange. I just found this 58mm Exa Biotar lens that doesn't have the protrusion so could finally mount the beam splitter to my camera.

 

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Thanks Jaques, I actually meant the vintage Atomic coffee maker but the info about the Exakta is as interesting ;-)

 

Still my all time favorite lens since the first day I got it a few years ago:

 

35/2 UC-Hex:

 

22667875924_987c693a9c_b.jpgL1003161-M Monochrom--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

22928404579_93451e53c6_b.jpgL1003177-M Monochrom--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

23213720871_28aa259f84_b.jpgL1003163-M Monochrom--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

50/1.5 CZJ LTM wartime:

 

22928467209_c637ea0e68_b.jpgL1003126-M Monochrom--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

90/2 E55:

 

22669130343_6434f223ce_b.jpgL1003266-M Monochrom--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

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What a beauty Jaques - is it functional? What vintage is it?

ah- the atomic- it dates to the 1950's. British made 'Sassoon' version of the Italian design. And yes she is fully functional.

 

I have a few of them:

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Jaques, picture me looking at the photograph with eyes popping out! What a collection!

 

I hold it with coffee makers the exact opposite way as with cameras and lenses - I am a reasonable and practical guy about coffee and just keep using my old La Pavoni or brew with cooking water over a German filter. I am still searching for a beautiful grinder though - a one one falls in love with as for it's design and mechanical beauty, but which also works and keeps working.

 

This I have found is a more difficult task than finding a favorite 50mm lens ;-)

 

I have more 50mm than I can actually remember (I have these moments now when going through the storage that I actually find lenses I forgot I had).

One reason for this funky situation is that each and every one of them has a special trait I love so much as not to be able to sell them (only very, very few lenses over time I actually sold as they didn't have much character to me).

 

Here is why I keep a black paint sample of the Voigtländer Color Skopar 50/2.5 LTM around:

 

It is not the fastest lens around.

It is not the smallest or lightest lens around.

It is not a lens that has some outstanding strange character why one would want to have it.

 

It is one of those lenses that is just build like a tank - only very few lenses are build like this one - massive, heavy brass with thick, heavy black paint.

It is one of those lenses that just draws so very beautifully - wide open or stopped down.

I find it fits perfectly to a M9 sensor and produces wonderful detail and color.

It is one of those lenses I am also happy to put on a M9, throw it into a backpack and go ride the bike without a second thought of it getting damaged.

 

It's a lens I couldn't sell (and for a reason this one has a bit of a cult following among the people in the know).

They don't make them any more - the ones you can find second hand are the only ones still around.

They are still very affordable now, it is not going to stay that way.

 

22956358089_65fb285dae_b.jpgL1055416-M9 Digital Camera--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

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well- you can say the same about your old La Pavoni! It is built like a tank and they don't make them like that anymore. Yes they still make them- but not like that! What vintage is yours- the best built ones date to the 1960's.

 

Also it makes a fantastic coffee! Last year I used one of mine (1960's vintage Europiccola) everyday twice at least. 50 years old and works like a charm. Now this year I have the rolls-royce of home levers on my bench: The Olympia Cremina. Today my espresso is thick and multi-layered... with a velvety texture and hints of cacao. 

 

Anyhow- picture me now today as I sip espresso- on ebay - looking for that Color Skopar I really don't need... or do I?

 

My bet: by next week there will be at least a %12 increase in global value of Color Skopar 50/2.5 ltm- all down to your post.

 

next vintage coffee machine slated to go on my bench is the rare Olympia Club spring lever machine- pictured here via the vintage DuoTamron 135mm on the M240:

 

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Jaques, I didn't know you were so much into coffee - now that is some serious addiction you have there ;-)

 

When I referred to my "old" La Pavoni, it was meant more like a 35/2 pre ASPH v4, rather than an 8 element v1 ;-)

I have an Europiccola, marketed already by Saeco - I bought it about 10 or 12 years ago when a local dealer left the coffee maker sales and sold off the entire stock.

I just gave it a fresh set of seals and a little overhaul.

 

It's a great little machine for espresso for one or two but I can fully understand that just one small machine isn't enough the same as one single 50mm simply cannot be enough ;-)

 

The 50/2.5 Color Skopar LTM isn't much of a secret tip actually - it seems it is widely regarded as the wonderful little jewel it is (it closely resembles a v1 35/2 Summicron in size and barrel design but it is built even heavier and more massively - a real little surprise lens.

There are so many of these made, I doubt prices will change anytime soon, but it definitely is one of the lenses everyone must have!

 

Here is another 50mm - the one I actually hunted the longest time from all the lenses until I finally, finally found one. This is one of the few I'll take with me on the other side:

 

22983934589_e27cd512aa_b.jpgL1002204-Leica S2--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

And a better view of the lens with it's designated vintage Walz lens hood (a tip for everyone who is looking for a vintage hood for these: mine is engraved "Walz for Sonnar" but these are also available in other threads "for Nikkor" and "for Canon" as I have seen for the rare Nikkor 43mm and strange Canon 5cm f1.5 filter thread):

 

21842700472_1ac806469c_b.jpgmy favorite focal length pair by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

5cm f1.5 Carl Zeiss Jena LTM wartime lens on MM:

20031564158_03ec679eee_b.jpgUntitled by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

 

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Here is a 5cm f1.4 Nikkor S-C Sonnar LTM seen through a 5cm f1.4 Nikkor S-C Sonnar LTM.

One is the earlier Nippon Kogaku Tokyo version, manufactured during the American occupation and the one taking the photo is a slightly later Nippon Kogaku Japan version.

Both are 43mm filter size versions, likely with same optical formula, completely different coatings though.

Now I still have to find a nice 5cm f1.5 and of course a Millennium to round off the Nikkor addiction … and a Micro Nikkor LTM and a f2 collapsible and a … ahhhhh … it never stops ;-)

 

23342323036_bb1c789ef3_b.jpgL1055684-M9 Digital Camera--for_flickr by teknopunk.com, on Flickr

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Hey Jeffo- this is the similar to the lens I just sold on ebay- you didn't buy it did you?

 

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