A Schacht Edixa Travenar-A 2.8/50 does moth

Oldhand

Supposedly a second tier lens from A Schacht, this one is not too shabby.
Fitted with an extension ring.
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scsambrook · Expire: 2011-11-18

Looks okay to me - what aperture did you use?

Oldhand · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:24 am Post subject:

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

Not too shabby I'd say!! Wink

inombrable · Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 545 Location: Salamanca, Mexico

I agree, the picture looks a bit odd.

Mos6502 · Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 961 Location: Austin

I have the Macro-Tubus version, unfortunately somebody did a number on the front element so the contrast is weak, but otherwise it is a decent performer. I guess I might find a different sunken mount lens to use on the tubes.

Alun Thomas · Joined: 20 Aug 2018 Posts: 628 Location: New Zealand

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I got to try one today, an Edixa Travenar. This particular model is often seen with the Edixa bayonet from the Edixa-Rex camera, and I suspect these may have been factory converted to M42 with manual aperture control, perhaps after the Edixa-Rex models failed to sell.

These photos are 100% crops with open aperture, the lens has a 0.35m minimum focus, about the most you'd ever need handheld. I wonder if the normal travenar and the macro model travenar lenses had the same optical scheme.