martyn_bannister
Joined: 23 May 2010
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martyn_bannister wrote:
Quoting directly from the Lens Vade Mecum
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Schacht was initially at Munchen, and moved to Ulm in the late 1950's or 1960's. [Note the personnel interviewed at Steinheil's works by the B.I.O.S. team. They met a Dr Schacht there.] At least the Ulm lenses carry the place name, and an Albinar is engraved from Muenchen. Schacht were an important maker of lenses for 35mm cameras, especially SLR cameras postwar whose products were rather solidly mounted in brass focusing tubes. They also made lenses in M39, mainly perhaps earlier for USA, and these are known in the UK only from one late agency. Most were for M42 and Exakta SLR's. Initially production seems to be in white metal (alloy) finish but went over to black with white raised parts. The trade names mainly began 'Trave'. It is quite appropriate that Leitz in the UK sold some of their lenses in coupled M39x26 mount for Leica after the official Leitz programme had ended. This was about 10/1955. Most or all the lenses are coded 'R' and this may indicate antireflexion treatment (rather than for Reflex, or other code). Production in Germany seems to have ceased about 1970, but a few lenses for Exakta were made with Trave names in the 1970's, and these seem to have been made in the Far East. It is suspected that th Alpagon has an interesting story but this is not yet available to be included.
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This Travent 2.8/50 is listed under their standard lenses.
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Travenar f2.8 50mm Q15 type, Layout Sch003.
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Abbazz
Joined: 23 Jun 2007
Posts: 1098
Location: Jakarta
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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Abbazz wrote:
I don't know this lens, but I have the Travenar 90/2.8, which is a jewel of a lens, sharp, with lots of contrast and very well built. It also has one of the smoothest bokeh I have ever seen, which doesn't seem to be the case with your lens  . But contrast and sharpness seem to be there and the bokeh might be suitable for some subjects. The lens also looks gorgeous and I really think it's worth $40 of cleaning.
Cheers!
Abbazz
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indianadinos
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
Posts: 1310
Location: Toulouse, France
Expire: 2011-12-05
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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indianadinos wrote:
Hi,
I have heard of this lens before, but i didn't knew someone using it ... Nevertheless, i have the 90/2.8 and the 135/4.5, and found them really fine. If i were you, i would really give it a chance ... Or you could sell it to me, if you don't want to ...
Cheers
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Takumar: 24/3.5, 28/3.5, 35/2, 35/3.5, 50/1.4, 55/1.8, 85/1.8, 105/2.8, 120/2.8, 135/3.5, 150/4, 200/4
Pentax-K: M28/2.8, K28/3.5, M50/1.4, A50/1.7, M50/4 Macro, K85/1.8, K105/2.8, K135/2.5, M200/4, M70-150/4
Zeiss: Flektogon 20/2.8, 20/4, 35/2.4, 35/2.8, Tessar 50/2.8, Pancolar 50/1.8, Biotar 58/2, Sonnar 135/3.5, Sonnar 180/2.8
Meyer: Primagon 35/4.5, Domiplan 50/2.8, Oreston 50/1.8, Primoplan 58/1.9, Trioplan 100/2.8, Orestor 100/2.8, Orestor 135/2.8
Schacht/Steinheil: Travenar 90/2.8, Travenon 135/4.5, Quinar 135/2.8, Quinar 135/3.5
Russian: MIR 37B, Industar 50/3.5, Helios 44M & 44M-2, Jupiter 37A
P6: Flektogon 50/4, Biometar 80/2.8, Orestor 300/4
Nikkor: Nikkor-O 35/2, Micro 55/3.5, Nikkor-S 50/1.4, Nikkor-Q 135/2.8
Fuji: EBC 28/3.5, EBC 55/3.5 Macro, EBC 135/2.5
Misc Lenses: Kiron 105/2.8 Macro, Tamron SP90/2.5
... and a few other Vivitar, Tamron, Sigma and Soligor lenses ...
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