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Zeiss Macro TESSAR 50/2.8 + Sony A7R
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:50 am    Post subject: Zeiss Macro TESSAR 50/2.8 + Sony A7R Reply with quote

Carl Zeiss TESSAR 50/2.8, Exakta mount, rare macro version, designed for bellows:




It's one of the finest vintage macro lens I've ever used.
f/5.6, Sony A7R, no post-processing besides resizing:




Wide open:


PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It works only as a macro lens? Is it possible to shoot like a normal lens?


PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How many diaphragm blades does it have?


PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW, that's way Like Dog


PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spleenone wrote:
How many diaphragm blades does it have?

12


PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

chudy128314, it works only as a macro lens? Is it possible to shoot like a normal lens? If possible, examples?


PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

serkol wrote:
It works only as a macro lens? Is it possible to shoot like a normal lens?

On a a matching bellow/helicoid, the lens will focus from close up to infinity. It is optically the same as the SLR variants.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like Dog


PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

calvin83, thank you!


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

chudy128314 wrote:

12


Wou! Like 1 small


PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:40 pm    Post subject: Zeiss Macro TESSAR 50/2.8 Reply with quote

I just pulled the trigger on one of those on an auction site - was part of a set including bellows and accessories. I intend to use it on a Nikon.

For the forum member that mentioned their interest in infinity focusing: if you are really willing to put the effort in, it's probably possible to use 3D printing. I see people using this method to upcycle projector lenses. It's possible to make a casing with a helicoidal mechanism that would be just long enough to focus the thing. The bayonet itself can be scavanged from an adapter (like a M42 to pick-your-mount adapter).
Frankly, I'd rather buy another lens for this: too much work, better to photograph than tinker (or so I keep saying to myself).


By the way, chudy! Wonderful results with this lens, congratulations!!!