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    Portrait-Skopar??

    now it ended so I have to ask: what's this?

    I have never seen that before, and I can't find any information about it....

    Item number: 250778158337

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    Re: Portrait-Skopar??

    Quote Originally Posted by gandolfi View Post
    now it ended so I have to ask: what's this?

    I have never seen that before, and I can't find any information about it....

    Item number: 250778158337
    I've got money on it's a Tessar type. Skopar was the cheaper line at that time, more pedestrian and they were tessar. I would have bought it for the shutter though if I'd seen it, as I have a 30cm Heliar with no shutter (or barrel).

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    Re: Portrait-Skopar??

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Galli View Post
    I've got money on it's a Tessar type. Skopar was the cheaper line at that time, more pedestrian and they were tessar. I would have bought it for the shutter though if I'd seen it, as I have a 30cm Heliar with no shutter (or barrel).
    yes - I was thinking about that too...

    but the name "portrait-skopar"?

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    Here is a reference piece for sale that mentions the Porträt Skopar - dated 1950

    Other than that, I got nothin....

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    Re: Portrait-Skopar??

    Quote Originally Posted by CCHarrison View Post
    Here is a reference piece for sale that mentions the Porträt Skopar - dated 1950

    Other than that, I got nothin....

    Dan
    thanks - I actually did find that my self....

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    Re: Portrait-Skopar??

    One is shown as an "other lens" in Claus Prochnow's Voigtlander Report 3, a 21cm version IIRC. That one was in barrel. This one was the first I'd seen "in the flesh".

    I imagine this is just a plain skopar with a fancy name, or one that was only mildly tweaked. There are also limited reports of "kart-heliar"s out there (I think an image of one is in Udo Afalter's Voigtlander book), which look to be very similar in construction to a plain Heliar.

    I do have a "plain" 30cm skopar in barrel if whoever bought this one wants to compare.

    cheers

    Tim

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