Wartime built Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 135/4

[A G Photography]

At a local fair I managed to find a CZJ Triotar 135/4 that from the serial number seems produced in 1942-43. It's, of course, in exa mount (it was for the Kine Exakta) and since the m42 postwar copy I already owned is such a lovely lens I was very curious how this one would behave.

Ok, I have confirmation now that the Triotar is one of my best 3D effect lenses.



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DSLR: Nikon d80, Olympus e410
SLR: Chinon CX, Fujica ST605n, Nikon f601, Pentacon FM, Pentax Spotmatic SPII, Praktica FX, Praktica FX2, Voigtlander VST1, Yashica FX-3, Zeiss Contaflex
RF: Altissa Altix, Zorki Ie, Kiev 4b
Medium Format: Pentacon Six TL, Zeiss Ikonta 520/2, Mockba 4, Voigtlander Bessa I, Agfa Isolette II, Agfa Isola
Large Format: Cambo SC 4x5, Rodenstock Sinaron 150/5.6, Rodenstock Rodagon 150/5.6, Schneider Kreuznach Symmar 180/5.6
Lenses
Nikkors: 28/3.5 AIS, 35/2, 50/1.8, 50/2 H, Micro 55/3.5, Micro 60/2.8, 85/1.8, 135/3.5 AI, 200/4 NAI, 18-55/3.5-5.6, 28-80/3.5-5.6, 55-200/4-5.6
CY: Distagon 28/2.8, Planar 50/1.4, Yashika 50/1.7, Sonnar 135/2.8
CZJ m42-Exakta: Flektogon 20/4, Flektogon 35/2.8, Tessar 40/4.5, Tessar 50/2.8, Pancolar 50/1.8, Pancolar 50/2, Biotar 58/2, Biotar 75/1.5, Tessar 80/2.8, Sonnar 135/3.5, Sonnar 135/4, Triotar 135/4
CZJ P6: Flektogon 50/4, Flektogon 65/2.8, Biometar 80/2.8, Biometar 120/2.8, Sonnar 180/2.8
Meyer-Pentacon: Orestegon 29/2.8, Pentacon 29/2.8, Lydith 30/3.5, Primagon 35/4.5, Helioplan 40/4.5, Domiplan 50/2.8, Primotar 50/3.5, Oreston 50/1.8, Primoplan 58/1.9, Orestor 100/2.8, Trioplan 100/2.8, Helioplan 135/4.5, Orestor 135/2.8, Pentacon 135/2.8, Primotar 135/3.5, Primotar 180/3.5, Telemegor 180/5.5, Orestegor 200/4, Pentacon 200/4, Orestegor 300/4, Telemegor 300/4.5, Telemegor 400/5.5
Schneider-Kreuznach: Curtagon 28/4, Curtagon 35/2.8, Xenon 50/1.9, Xenar 50/2.8, Tele Xenar 135/3.5, Tele Xenar 200/4
Russians: Arsat Zodiak 30/3.5, Mir-I 37/2.8, Volna-9 50/2.8, Industar-50 50/3.5, Industar-61 50/2.8, Helios 44 58/2, Helios 44-2 58/2, Helios 44-M-4 58/2, Volna-3 80/2.8, Helios 40 85/1.5, Jupiter 9 85/2, Jupiter 11 135/4
Others: Chinon-Tomioka 55/1.4, Helios 28/2.8, Isco Iscotar 50/2.8, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8, Ludwig Meritar 50/2.9, Schacht Travegon 35/3.5, Schacht Travenon 135/4.5, Sekor 55/1.8, Sigma MF 28/2.8, S-Takumar, 28/3.5, S-Takumar 50/1.4, S-Takumar 55/1.8, S-Takumar 55/2, Steinheil Quinar 135/2.8, Steinheil Culminar 135/4.5, Vivitar 135/2.8, Voigtlander Ultron 50/1.8, Yashica Yashinon DX 50/1.4, Zuiko MC Auto-W 28/2.8

[Laurence]

Simply.....GREAT!
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Cameras in Use: Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5, Revueflex 3003 w/ M42 lenses, Takumar 55/1.8, CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, Soligor 35-70, Super Tak 300/6.3, Yashica Electro 35 w/ Yashinon 1.7, Pentax 645 w/Pentax 55/2.8, Pentax 150/3.5, and Pentax 75/2.8 , Pentax ZX-5n with M42 adapter

[Gus Helios]

Oh Wow, that looks wonderful.

What a find!

If you need to pass on the m42 version... I am here for you
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[Retro]

My best lenses are the Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8 and the Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 135/4.

I hold the Triotar even above the Sonnar 135/3.5.
The only problem with them is, that they are sometimes stiff in manual focusing.
I am happy to own a copy which was professionally restored.
But my other - stiff - copy is nevertheless usable.
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Cameras: Sigma SA300 - Sigma SD9 - Sigma SD10
Lenses: Sigma 15-30/3.5-4.5 - Vivitar 28/2.5 - Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8 - Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58/2.0 (black) - Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 135/4 - Sigma 28-70/2.8 - Sigma 70-300/4.0-5.6 - Vivitar 28-210/3.5-5.6
Equipment: Lightmeter Gossen Lunasix - Tripod Linhof/Schiansky Kugelkopf-Panorama-Stativ, Modell 161 - Rightangle Viewfinder Minolta VN - B+W Greygradientfilter BWG 501 - B+W Circular-Pol-Filter 52E - Photo Bag Crumpler Ben's Pizza XL
Portfolio: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/434323/default.aspx?_c02_vws=1/pc/pc?mypics=434323

[PaulC]

Just lovely.
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[no-X]

Really great. Is it taken at f/4, or stopped down?
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selling: Zeiss Triotar 135/4 M42, Tair 11A 135/2.8 M42, CZJ Flektogon MC 20/2.8 M42, MIR 20M MC 20/3.5 M42, CZJ Triotar T 135/4 exa+praktina

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[GrahamNR17]

Awesome photo, I really like that a lot.
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35mm: Zeiss Contaflex Alpha :: Praktica Super TL, Super TL1000 :: Fed 4

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Industar: 50-2 3.5/50mm

Mir: Mir-1 2.8/37mm
Zeiss: Pantar 4/75mm :: Pantar 2.8/45
Meyer-Optik: Lydith 3.5/30mm
Tamron: 03A 3.8-4/80-210mm
Prakticar: 4-5.6/70-210mm :: 2.8/28mm (Orestegon) :: 1.8/50mm

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Minolta: E.Rokkor 4.5/50mm (on bellows)
Kodak: Meniscus from 127 Hawkeye (on bellows)
Misc.: Autocrat 3.5/75mm (on bellows) :: Hoya Zoom Close-up ::

Hanimar 4.5/200mm

[no-X]

I wonder why Zeiss didn't manufacture shorter triotars for SLRs, too. There is 85/4 Triotar for rangefinders, but I've never seen SLR version. It's quite strange, because there were many different lens models for other focal lengths (e.g. for 50mm: tessar 40/4.5, tessar 50/3.5, tessar 50/2.8, biotar 58/2 and later 3 panoclars instead of the biotar), but for 75-100mm, there was only expensive Biotar 75/1.5 and Biometar 80/2.8...
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(almost) complete list of Helios lenses

selling: Zeiss Triotar 135/4 M42, Tair 11A 135/2.8 M42, CZJ Flektogon MC 20/2.8 M42, MIR 20M MC 20/3.5 M42, CZJ Triotar T 135/4 exa+praktina

[poilu]

wow! great colors and bokeh, impressive!

[A G Photography]