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OstLicht Photo Auction

69 - KMZ | BK (Biogon Krasnogorsk) 2.8/3.5 cm

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€300

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Estimation

€500 - 700

Sale fees

27%

KMZ | BK (Biogon Krasnogorsk) 2.8/3.5 cm Estimate: €500–700 Year: 1949 Serial No.: 4902258 Condition: B English: Early Soviet wide-angle lens manufactured by KMZ, Krasnogorsk, in 1949. The Zorkiy BK (Biogon Krasnogorski) is the immediate predecessor of the later Jupiter-12. It features the Contax/Kiev bayonet mount and coated optics. The early BK series was derived directly from the Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/35 mm and was reportedly manufactured partly or entirely using German Zeiss optical glass and components obtained in the immediate postwar period. With clear lenses, rear cap. * Fully Taxed German: Early Soviet wide-angle lens, manufactured in 1949 by KMZ in Krasnogorsk. The Zorki BK (“Biogon Krasnogorski”) is the direct predecessor of the later Jupiter 12. Features a Contax/Kiev bayonet mount and coated optics. The early BK series was directly derived from the Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/35mm and is said to have been manufactured in part or in full using German Zeiss lenses and components that found their way into the Soviet Union after the war. Clear lenses, with rear cap. * Fully taxed

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Auction details

OstLicht Camera Auction: Fall 2026
Saturday, November 21
11:00 AM
Absberggasse 27
1100 Vienna, Austria

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OstLicht Photo Auction +43 6 64 20 11 850 coeln@ostlicht.org
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