Sonnar 180 f2.8 P6 versions

Srdjan · Joined: 11 Apr 2012 Posts: 316 Location: Nis

My hobby is servicing manual lenses, especially Zeiss ones. I m really fascinating how much over the time this company improved construction of their lenses. I reassembled probably more than 50 of Carl Zeiss Jena pancolar 50m 1.8 and it is amazing how even lens with close serial number can be different. Idea is to construct lighter and simpler lens with same quality. The first ones is really hard to fix, and latter ones is so simple. So today I have to version of pentacon six sonnars 180 2.8. I test them and made some photos with them and they are identical. So I just provide you photos so you can see difference of body.

Olivier · Expire: 2015-08-06

Nice ones.

I have one with a "starwars" design.

http://forum.mflenses.com/some-sonnar-2-8-180-shots-up-for-laurence-t28288,highlight,%2Bsonnar+%2B180.html

SonicScot · Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:22 pm Post subject:

@ srdjan

You say the two are identical, photos wise, and they both appear to have multi-coloured reflections on the front elements. But only one is marked MC, do you know if there is a difference between the two coatings?

Srdjan · Joined: 11 Apr 2012 Posts: 316 Location: Nis

Both of them have coatings, but if you look on the front elements the MC one have more violet coating and other one have blue coating. But if you look at the rare elements the MC have blue-violet and the other one have more like red coating.
Oliver nice lens I think this is the one of the first versions of this lens. My suggestion that that is after Olympic version and before zebra one, anyone can confirm this?

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

The one with MC is made July 12, 1990 and is M42 mount
The other is made January 6th, 1976 and is Pentacon-6 mount
14 years between the two.

SonicScot · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:22 pm Post subject:

My version has a few scars but it's in perfect working order.
No MC on the front, weighs 1.6Kg. Not as sharp as I'd like but still a great lens.

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Srdjan · Joined: 11 Apr 2012 Posts: 316 Location: Nis

SonicScot nice lens, I think this the zebra one. Is there any coating?
Orio I didn't understand which lens is M42. My both lenses is P6 mount. But I read somewhere that the bothom of MC version is opened (see pictures) because there is variations of adapters that goes with lens. Maybe thats why you think it is M42.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

SonicScot · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:43 pm Post subject:

The coating on my zebra is a blueish-purple, front and rear.

Olivier · Expire: 2015-08-06

The starwars design above has serial number 7204845.
Made between 1964 and 1967.
I don't have a more precise date. Orio, do you have one ? Smile

It seems to have blueish pink coating.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

One made with M42 and Exakta mount black post war Olympic Sonnar later ones are all come with adapter on rearside if not P6 mounted lens.

Most rare is millitary edition I know only one exists, mine LOL.
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/german/zeiss/sonnar/leica_military_sonnar_18cm/?

You can also count genuine Flektoscope lens made to Berlin Olympics it has Contax RF mount.