Biogon

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About Biogon

The 38mm f/4.5 Carl Zeiss Biogon
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This group is dedicated to Ludwig Bertele's legendary symmetric wide angle lens designs.

If you have used a Biogon or a lens based on the Biogon design, you are welcome to add the results here. I don't want to restrict to Zeiss lenses only.

The Biogon designs that I know of are:

SMALL FORMAT:

ZEISS:
21mm f/4.5 Biogon, Contarex/Contax/Leica mounts.
21mm f/2.8 G-Biogon, Contax G
21mm f/2.8 ZM-Biogon
25mm f/2.8 ZM-Biogon
28mm f/2.8 G-Biogon
28mm f/2.8 ZM-Biogon
35mm f/2.8 (Pre-War) Zeiss Opton/Jena Biogon
35mm f/2.8 Jupiter 12
35mm f/2 ZM-Biogon

COSINA/VOIGTLANDER
12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar
15mm f/4.5 Super Wide Heliar
21mm f/4 Color Skopar
25mm f/4 Snapshot Skopar
28mm f/3.5 Color Skopar

SCHNEIDER:
21mm f/3.4 Super Angulon
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MEDIUM FORMAT:

ZEISS:
38mm f/4.5 Biogon, Hasselblad SWC, Alpa, AGI F-135 Stereo mapping camera.
45mm f/4.5 Biogon, Linhof
60mm f/4/5 Biogon, Hasselblad Space Camera

MAMIYA:
43mm f/4.5 for Mamiya 7 rangefinder
50mm f/6.3 for Mamiya Universal
75mm f/5.6 for Mamiya Universal and Polaroid 600SE

KONI OMEGA:
58mm f/5.6 Wide Omegon
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LARGE FORMAT:

ZEISS:
75mm f/4.5 Biogon, Linhof

WILD HEERBRUGG:
Several versions of Aviogon and Super Aviogon rangeing from 44mm to 150mm

PACIFIC OPTICAL:
75mm f/4.5 lenses made by Pacific Optical for various reconnaissance cameras like KS-87b

SCHNEIDER:
Various versions of the Super-Angulon design

RODENSTOCK:
Various versions of the Grandagon design
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