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!Karen
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:33 pm Post subject: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 40mm f4.5 M42 |
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!Karen wrote:
I had this lens up for sale but the bidding isn't really going anywhere so I have started using it myself and now I think I'm keeping it!
Though, I don't really understand what the attraction of this lens was when it was produced. F4.5 for a 40mm seems pretty slow?
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
One of the valuable Jena lenses from long time ago, now you know why great lens, great pics!! _________________ -------------------------------
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Lightshow
Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 3669 Location: Calgary
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Lightshow wrote:
If it was Exakta I'd be interested, I really like this era of lens build. _________________ A Manual Focus Junky...
One photographers junk lens is an artists favorite tool.
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Mos6502
Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 961 Location: Austin
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:33 am Post subject: |
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Mos6502 wrote:
I have one in Exakta mount, I use it on my Exa every now and then. It gives a slight vignette on full frame which adds to the vintage quality of its rendering. Although honestly it's far from my favorite lens. |
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Abbazz
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 1098 Location: Jakarta
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:41 am Post subject: Re: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 40mm f4.5 M42 |
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Abbazz wrote:
Nice pictures!
!Karen wrote: |
Though, I don't really understand what the attraction of this lens was when it was produced. F4.5 for a 40mm seems pretty slow? |
This lens was launched before the Angénieux retrofocus lens for still cameras was introduced in France. At that time 40mm was about the widest focal length available for a DSLR (there was also a Meyer Helioplan 40mm F/4.5). Before the invention of retrofocus lenses, real wide lenses were only available for rangefinders except for few lenses (like the Nikkor-O 21mm F/4) that were protruding so deeply into the mirror chamber that the user had to lock the mirror in the upward position and to use an external viewfinder to compose the picture.
Production of the Zeiss 40/4.5 continued after retrofocus lenses became the norm for DSLR wides, as it was cheaper than a real wide-angle.
But even 40mm was somewhat too wide for an SLR lens, and Zeiss couldn't achieve to make a faster lens because its image quality would have been too poor. Today, the 40/4.5 Tessar is mainly a collector's item because there are so many other 40mm lenses that are better, faster and easier to find.
Cheers!
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!Karen
Joined: 20 Jul 2013 Posts: 837 Location: Belgium Baby
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: |
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!Karen wrote:
Thanks so much for that information! _________________ FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM |
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vlousada
Joined: 11 Dec 2010 Posts: 345 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:04 am Post subject: |
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vlousada wrote:
Nice photos.
This is a very little and capable lens.
Also it is a rare and sometimes can be sold for high prices for collectors...
Nowadays, I guess the demanding for it is stretching (neither focal or max aperture are very appealing and not "crazy" bokeh or rendering)...
Putting a auction on flebay could be risky, so my advise in order to sell this very good lens IMHO isfind the right buyer.
I have a "red t" one in M42 but hardly will get what paid for it 2 years ago... _________________ Regards,
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exaklaus
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 1633 Location: Niederrhein, Germany
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 40mm f4.5 M42 |
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exaklaus wrote:
Abbazz wrote: |
Nice pictures!
!Karen wrote: |
Though, I don't really understand what the attraction of this lens was when it was produced. F4.5 for a 40mm seems pretty slow? |
This lens was launched before the Angénieux retrofocus lens for still cameras was introduced in France. At that time 40mm was about the widest focal length available for a DSLR (there was also a Meyer Helioplan 40mm F/4.5). Before the invention of retrofocus lenses, real wide lenses were only available for rangefinders except for few lenses (like the Nikkor-O 21mm F/4) that were protruding so deeply into the mirror chamber that the user had to lock the mirror in the upward position and to use an external viewfinder to compose the picture.
Production of the Zeiss 40/4.5 continued after retrofocus lenses became the norm for DSLR wides, as it was cheaper than a real wide-angle.
But even 40mm was somewhat too wide for an SLR lens, and Zeiss couldn't achieve to make a faster lens because its image quality would have been too poor. Today, the 40/4.5 Tessar is mainly a collector's item because there are so many other 40mm lenses that are better, faster and easier to find.
Cheers!
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Mos6502
Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 961 Location: Austin
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 40mm f4.5 M42 |
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Mos6502 wrote:
exaklaus wrote: |
Abbazz wrote: |
Nice pictures!
!Karen wrote: |
Though, I don't really understand what the attraction of this lens was when it was produced. F4.5 for a 40mm seems pretty slow? |
This lens was launched before the Angénieux retrofocus lens for still cameras was introduced in France. At that time 40mm was about the widest focal length available for a DSLR (there was also a Meyer Helioplan 40mm F/4.5). Before the invention of retrofocus lenses, real wide lenses were only available for rangefinders except for few lenses (like the Nikkor-O 21mm F/4) that were protruding so deeply into the mirror chamber that the user had to lock the mirror in the upward position and to use an external viewfinder to compose the picture.
Production of the Zeiss 40/4.5 continued after retrofocus lenses became the norm for DSLR wides, as it was cheaper than a real wide-angle.
But even 40mm was somewhat too wide for an SLR lens, and Zeiss couldn't achieve to make a faster lens because its image quality would have been too poor. Today, the 40/4.5 Tessar is mainly a collector's item because there are so many other 40mm lenses that are better, faster and easier to find.
Cheers!
Abbazz |
No, 40mm wasn't the limit, there was at least for Exakta the Hugo Meyer Weitwinkel Doppel Anastigmat 1:6,8 f=3,8cm and the SOM Berthiot Olor 1:5,7 F=38 |
I don't even want to imagine trying to focus a 6.8/38 lens on a plain ground glass. For practical intents and purposes 40mm was the limit. The reason the 40s weren't faster was not because it would have caused a drop in quality, but it would have made the glass intrude too far into the camera body. Steinheil did manage to squeeze f/3.5 out of a 40mm triplet though. Faster 40s had to wait for advances in lens technology. |
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