Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:22 am Post subject: CZJ vs Jena lenses |
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aniramca wrote:
I started to get a renewed interest on the manual lenses. I checked my Praktica LTL camera, purchased in 1974 and it has a 50mm f/2.8 T from Jena lens on it. The camera manual indicated that it was made by VEB Pentacon, Dresden, DDR. The manual did not mention any word about "Carl Zeiss"
I do notice in some photos in this forum showing Carl Zeiss Jena (CZJ) lenses.
So, I assume that the lens of my Praktica is made in East Germany, and not from Carl Zeiss at all? Is this correct? However, when I looked at the serial number of the lens - around 9,000,000 , it agrees with the CZJ production from 1970-1975. So, is it a CZJ or a Jena lens? Or they are the same?
The manual only said about T lens from Jena. Does T mean that this is a Tessar design lens?
Thanks for info. |