KMZ Merkuriy-1 2/5cm prototype for Kometa

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Product number: AI_20220621_1414_41799
Starting Price €4,000
Estimate €8,000 – 10,000
serial number : 27
Condition : B/A
Manufacture Year : 1957
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KMZ Merkuriy-1 2/5cm prototype for Kometa

Extremely rare and historically important prototype rangefinder coupled lens, in very good condition, it was constructed for the famous "KOMETA" camera released by KMZ in 1958 for the Brussels World's Fair, this exact lens can be seen in 1959 Sovietskoe Foto magazine, only a second exemplar no.000026 is known to exist!

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