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eggboy
Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 190 Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:24 am Post subject: Tele-Anastigmat 13.5cm/4.5 mystery German Exakta mt. lens |
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eggboy wrote:
I've had this lens sitting around in the Cabinet of Mystery for some time...I am feeling compelled, both internal, and by beloved Wife, to do some Spring cleaning. I've already dumped most all the cheap old zooms and a blurry mirror lens, but now I am getting into some real lenses...that I don't ever seem to use.
This one looks like a typical mid to late 1950's consumer tele lens...it's Exakta mount, and the lens head unscrews off the helicoid, and can be screwed into typical 39mm threaded Exakta extension tubes.
At first I thought is was a variant of a Schacht Albinar 13.5cm/4.5, I have that lens head that came with an old Exakta bellows set....which also has a 39mm screw and also stops down to f32 and has 40.5 fine filter threads....
But the lenses look different...the iris and the easily screwed out lens cells look completely different. the Schacht is much shorter overall, eyeballing the distance from front to rear, and the rear lens is a bit smaller in diameter on the Schacht.
I will make the assumption it's one of the smaller independent lens makers of the era, and this lens was probably a stocked item for a large chain or a department store...
I've uploaded a bunch of pix of the lens.
AND, since this is a lens I can bolt to my Sony A7 easily, I've uploaded a few pix taken with it. I've not boosted the contrast, despite my instincts...
It actually has quite pretty rendering, IMO....
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_________________ Eugene
Current Fave Lenses:
Nikkor S.C 5cm/1.4 Rangefinder with Amadeo S>M Mount
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm/2 Contax RF c. 1937,
Nikkor-N 28/2 Nikon F mount
Digital Cameras:
Nikon Z 6II, Panasonic GX8
Film Cameras:
Ansco B2 6x9 Box Camera
Bronica S2
Nikon F2
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bcostin
Joined: 12 Oct 2008 Posts: 9
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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bcostin wrote:
Interesting! I would've also guessed Schacht. It's a very handsome lens and it does seem to have a pleasant image character.
The Exakta mount came at the right time to attract all sorts of obscure optics. The lens barrel design and markings seem fairly distinctive; perhaps someone will recognize the style. |
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
I had one of these things in black "zebra" in Leica screw mount.
The brand was "Telisar", and I still have a very tiny 35/3.5 in similar style, in M42, in the same brand.
I suspect one of the lesser known makers also. Enna, Isco seem likely. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 2:19 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
Searching in the forum I found a post I recalled where member carlzeissjena mentioned that Telisar seems to have been an alternate brand used by Rodenstock.
Search for "Telisar" here and you will probably find it. This lens recalls that one, other than the finish. Looks like Rodenstock did make "no names" at times. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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eggboy
Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 190 Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 12:34 am Post subject: |
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eggboy wrote:
bcostin wrote: |
Interesting! I would've also guessed Schacht. It's a very handsome lens and it does seem to have a pleasant image character.
The Exakta mount came at the right time to attract all sorts of obscure optics. The lens barrel design and markings seem fairly distinctive; perhaps someone will recognize the style. |
Indeed, there are lots of great weird and obscure Euro and Japanese and even US Exakta-mount optics floating about...you were also correct that one of the gurus of this site recognized it! _________________ Eugene
Current Fave Lenses:
Nikkor S.C 5cm/1.4 Rangefinder with Amadeo S>M Mount
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm/2 Contax RF c. 1937,
Nikkor-N 28/2 Nikon F mount
Digital Cameras:
Nikon Z 6II, Panasonic GX8
Film Cameras:
Ansco B2 6x9 Box Camera
Bronica S2
Nikon F2
List and a photo or two of my lens herd |
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eggboy
Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 190 Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 12:37 am Post subject: |
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eggboy wrote:
luisalegria wrote: |
Searching in the forum I found a post I recalled where member carlzeissjena mentioned that Telisar seems to have been an alternate brand used by Rodenstock.
Search for "Telisar" here and you will probably find it. This lens recalls that one, other than the finish. Looks like Rodenstock did make "no names" at times. |
Wow, thank you so much for the 'telisar' reference! Both on this great site, and via Google, I see references to it...seems the f3.5 with M39 mount was a bit more 'common'....the black version is quite handsome.
The bad about all this....is now I am inclined to keep it...perhaps thru the summer...certainly the Beloved Wife will understand! _________________ Eugene
Current Fave Lenses:
Nikkor S.C 5cm/1.4 Rangefinder with Amadeo S>M Mount
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm/2 Contax RF c. 1937,
Nikkor-N 28/2 Nikon F mount
Digital Cameras:
Nikon Z 6II, Panasonic GX8
Film Cameras:
Ansco B2 6x9 Box Camera
Bronica S2
Nikon F2
List and a photo or two of my lens herd |
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