No, the 'Minitar' lens is prolly a knock-off of the Minox lens - they
also made a Minox GT copy which is still available I suspect. complete
with little drop-down door.
Now this is more interesting -
http://dvdtechcameras.com/cameras/35rang/3/3.htm
Chaika 2 half-frame with removable Leica-thread 28mm lens! Now that
could be seriously interesting.
(As in Voigtlander 15mm lens, 28mm finder mounted sideways - hmmmm).
AndrewF
On 13/01/2005, at 2:23 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> Hah! No I missed that. I *bet* you they had problems matching the
> performance of the XA lens, and 'fixed' the problem by reducing the
> format.
> Not exactly "Pen heritage"?
>
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> Piers
>
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> Subject: [OM] Re: OM - XA copy from Eastern Europe
>
>
> Interesting indeed,
>
> but did you see the film format in the first link says 18*24?
> This is a half frame camera in real Pen heritage!
>
> Iwert.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> --snip
>
>> From the Rangefinder Forum.... a Russian rip-off?
>
> http://dvdtechcameras.com/cameras/35rang/11/11.htm
>
> Rick
>
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