Carl Zeiss Jena DDR 135mm MC S photos on Flickr

38 lens in total, not counting the one used to take the picture... and some are missing but I didn't bother to look for them in the house since most are zoom kits.

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From left to right:

Row 1

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III

Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/135mm

Steinheil MC Auto 2.8/135mm

Canon FD 100-200mm f/5.6

Raynette 200mm f/3.5 (FD)

Row 2

Canon FD 85mm f/1.2L

Helios-40 (version 1) 1.5/85mm

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8

Canon FD 50mm f/1.4

Helios 44-3 58mm f/2

Helios 44-2 58mm f/2

Row 3

Carl Zeiss C-Sonnar 1.5/50 ZM

Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S.C. 5cm f/1.4

Ernst Leitz Summicron 5cm f/2 (collapsible M mount)

Asashi Super Takumar 1.4/50

Asashi Super-Multi-Coated-Takumar 1.4/50

Asashi Super Takumar 1.4/50

SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Pancolar electro 1.8/50 MC

Row 4

Helios-103 53mm f/1.8

Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.5/50

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm f/1.5

Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8/55

Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm f/1.4 (Minolta MD)

Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 50mm f/1.4 (Minolta MD)

Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95

Canon TV Lens 50mm f/0.95

Revuenon 55mm f/1.2 (PK)

Row 5

Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 (pre-asph)

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Sony-Zeiss FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6

JCPenney Multi-Coated 28mm f/2.8

Dictron 35mm f/2.8

Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fish-eye

Voigtlander Nokton classic 35mm f/1.4

Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5

No brand 25mm f/1.4 (c-mount chinese)

Mandarin Duck pair at night by Michael Buckley

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On top of weir on river Dodder

Chess Wait by Michael Buckley

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Navigator Square on St Patrick's day as a music session is playing nearby..Aperture used f/3.5.Taken with vintage Carl Zeiss Jena DDR 135mm manual lens.

by Armin Schuhmann

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Praktica MTL 5B

Carl Zeiss Jena MC Sonnar 135mm F/3.5

Heliopan KR1.5 Skylight (49mm)

Fujicolor C200

Unicolor C-41

Armin Schuhmann's most interesting photos on Flickriver

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A journey, not a numbers game by Ka Gee Ka

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Master list for 2022. Keeping a record for the year end. Shot taken with Sony DSC RX0 Mk I.

Top row (left to right): Mamiya C220 Pro with Mamiya Sekor 55mm f4.5, Minoltaflex IIB, Sony A7S with Minolta MD 24-35mm f3.5, Mamiya 645 with Mamiya Sekor C 45mm f2.8, Fujica GS645W Pro

2nd row: Leica R6 with Leica Elmarit-R 28mm f2.8, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SPII with Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4, Minolta SRT 101 with Minolta MC Rokkor PG 50mm f1.4, Minolta V2

3rd row: Minolta MC Tele Rokkor 100mm f2.5, Pentacon 135mm f2.8, Fujifilm X-E3, Sony A7RII

4th row: Konica Pearl III, Mamiya Sekor 105mm f3.5, Yashica FX-3 Super with Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm f2.8, Super Fujica 6, Minolta MD 35-70mm f3.5 Macro

5th row: Fujinon 55mm f1.8 (non EBC), Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 20mm f2.8, Minolta MC W.Rokkor 24mm f2.8, Minolta MC Rokkor PF 58mm f1.4, Carl Zeiss S-Planar T* 60mm f2.8, Leica Summicron-R 50mm f2, Pentacon MC Auto 29mm f2.8, Mamiya Sekor C 150mm f3.5

Last row: Mamiya Sekor Auto 28mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm f2.8, Porst Color Reflex Auto 55mm f1.4, Leica Elmarit-R 90mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm f2.4, Pentax SMC Takumar 120mm f2.8 & Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f2.8

For sale: MC Sonnar 3.5/135 Carl Zeiss Jena DDR. See link for details. by rol-and

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www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/carl-zeiss-mc-sonnar-...

1600貓熊世界之旅─台北 by 紅襪熊(・ᴥ・)

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Rossmann 200

New Old Camera by Nick Barkworth

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I was gifted this camera at the weekend, an 80's Praktica, I didn't realise until I got it home that there were another 2 lenses in the bag as well as the camera - generous to the last! Thanks Uncle Bill :-)

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR 50mm Tessar 2.8/50

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR MC S 1:3.5 F=135MM

Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon MC 2.4/35

Look after the Bees Daddy .................... by rodney harrison

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A bee won`t sting you unless you rub it`s tummy

Or God forbid try to steal it`s honey

But a Wasp is quite different always angry and uncouth

Buzzing around like it`s got a sore tooth

Now one day they`ll all be gone from this place

And that will be the end of the human race

Buzzing wings and stripes of yellow and black

No longer the pollen they`ll collect in a sack

Some say it`s only a Bee , why make a fuss ?

Well we need the Bee more then the Bee needs us

..................... Copyright (c) Rodney Harrison 2014

In each of our own world by Lee Wooi Chun

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UV Lens test, Jena DDR Aus T 2.8 -50 by Michael Jenkin

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UV tests, Baader U, Canon 600D full spectrum.

Jena DDR Aus T 2.8 -50

Jena DDR Aus T 2.8 -50 (T means Tessar) The Tessar is a 4 element formula in three groups. all black, either painted or anodized. They were made from 1967 to 1978 with single coatings. 179538. Auto and manual Ap selector, 5 blades

Aus Jena = Carl Zeiss

Since Aus Jena brand was dedicated to export to western market the build quality was first class:

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After World War II, the Zeiss lens factory in Jena found itself in the Russian sector. (Germany was divided amongst the four victorious powers, with the Russian sector becoming East Germany, and the French, British, and American sectors merging into West Germany.) Many of the key scientists escaped, with American help, into the western sector. They setup up a new factory in Oberkochen, and that factory now produces Zeiss optics for high-end cameras, among many other things. Some of the tooling and the designs went to the Ukraine, and were used to develop a line of Soviet lenses following the classic Zeiss designs. Those who remained continued to operate the Jena factory in East Germany.

In the Communist world, Zeiss Jena optics were called "Carl Zeiss Jena" and used their traditional lens designations, including Sonnar, Biometar and Flektogon. In the west, it depended on the country. In the U.S., Zeiss Jena was not allowed to call themselves "Zeiss", and the products exported to the U.S. were labeled Jenoptik (in the case of binoculars) and "aus Jena" in the case of camera lenses. Zeiss Oberkochen had also been given rights to the lens family names, so the Zeiss Jena lenses were marked "s" for Sonnar, "Bm" for Biometar, and "f" for Flektogon. In England and parts of Europe, they were allowed to use "Carl Zeiss Jena", but still used the abbreviated family names. In still other places, they labeled them just like they did in the Communist world. (Where Zeiss Oberkochen was not allowed to use "Zeiss", which was everywhere at first, they used "Opton". Thus, you'll see late 40's Rolleiflexes with Opton lenses on them.)

So, a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar might be called a "Carl Zeiss Jena s" or an "aus Jena s" and be exactly the same lens. There is no quality difference in the different labels and it should not enter the buying decision.

The Zeiss Jena Sonnar is the same formula as the Zeiss Oberkochen Sonnar and exhibits the same qualities. The Flektogon is similar to the Distagon, and the Biometar is a modified Planar formula just like nearly every double-gauss normal lens made since the demise of the Tessar.

Carl Zeiss Jena was absorbed into VEB Pentacon at some point in the 60's. Pentacon also owned the Ihagee (pre-war Exakta) factory and also the Pentacon factory that made Praktica cameras. Thus, Zeiss Jena made lenses primarily for the Praktica camera lines. All the Jena lenses use Schott glass just like their Oberkochen counterparts.

The Zeiss Jena lenses were made in four basic finishes. The first has all shiny aluminum, often with a leather band grip on the focus ring. These were made from about 1956 to 1963, and were all single coated. The second was black with a hard plastic focus ring that has raised ovals on it, made from '61 to '63, and single coated. The third type is called the "zebra" and was made from 1963 to 1967 in large quantities. They are black with alternating bands of bright aluminum on the control rings. They are also single-coated.

The fourth type is all black, either painted or anodized. They were made from 1967 to 1978 with single coatings, and from 1978 to about 1990 with multicoating. The multicoated Zeiss Jena lenses are marked "MC" with very, very few exceptions. The black MC lenses have a mechanical slide switch to change the lens from auto diaphragm to manual diaphram. That makes a handy preset switch--set the aperture to what you want, focus, switch to manual, set the exposure (or let the camera do it for you) and shoot. The lastest versions had electrical contacts for the Praktica EE, but these are not needed by us and should not be part of the buying decision.

So, the best lenses to buy are those with an all-black body marked "MC", with or without the EE contacts, and without regard to "aus Jena" versus "Carl Zeiss Jena" or "Sonnar" versus "s", etc.

Zeiss Jena built lenses primarily in two mounts (there were some old ones in the Contax rangefinder mounts, but I'll ignore those): M42 and Pentacon Six. These were the mounts used by VEB Pentacon, which owned Zeiss Jena. The Pentacon Six camera was a medium format camera that was the forerunner of the Exakta 66 (which remained in production until about 1999 after being sold off to Schneider in 1992 or so), and the lenses made for them include Flektogons in 50 and 65mm, Biometars in 80 and 120mm, and Sonnars in 180 and 300mm. All were f/2.8 lenses except the Flek 50 and the Sonnar 300, which were f/4 lenses. The 65 was never made in the black, MC version.

Zeiss Jena also made lenses for 35mm Pentacon cameras, most of which were marketed as "Praktica". They include the 35mm Flektogon and the 135mm Sonnar. Longer Sonnars were the medium-format lenses with M42 mounts on them. The 180 is frequently available as the "Olympia Sonnar", but usually that label is applied to an old lens.

All M42 adaptors for modern DSLR's are non-electronic. You'll need to focus manually, set the aperture manually, and stop it down when you meter and shoot. Av works fine, and will set the shutter speed automatically.

(The M42 mount originated with Pentacon and was used from the early 50's. Pentax, desiring to tap into the large number of lenses made for this mount, used it also and made it so famous that most folks call it the "Pentax screw mount" or "Universal screw mount". It's the same mount.)

Several East German companies made lenses for the Praktica, and all were eventually consumed by VEB Pentacon. A useful one from our perspective was Meyer Gorlitz, though they were eventually labeled Pentacon and those are the newer lenses we would be interested in. They made preset telephoto lenses in 300 and 500mm with interchangeable mounts. The only one worth getting is the 500/5.6 Pentacon Prakticar MC, which is multicoated, pretty fast, very big, and VERY heavy. With a stout monopod, though, you can go shooting sports, and if anyone laughs at you, you can kill them with it, heh, heh. They come in both mounts, and I see them as often on ebay with the M42 mount as with the Pentacon Six mount.

Old lenses are often singlecoated, in the 70's multicoating came in use.

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薰衣草 by 紅襪熊(・ᴥ・)

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Rossmann 200

by Armin Schuhmann

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Praktica MTL 5B

Carl Zeiss Jena MC Sonnar 135mm F/3.5

Heliopan KR1.5 Skylight (49mm)

Fujicolor C200

Unicolor C-41

Armin Schuhmann's most interesting photos on Flickriver

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The State Of M42 by Dan James

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Current M42 lenses.

I need to hone down the collection, remove the duplicates and enjoy the gems that remain...

(K) = Keeping.

(S) = Selling.

Back row ( L - R) -

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Electric MC Sonnar 135mm f/3.5 (K)

Revuenon Special (Mamiya/ Sekor?) 135mm f/2.8 (K)

Jupiter-37A 135mm f/3.5 (K)

Second Row From Back (L - R) -

Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 (K)

Auto Mamiya/ Sekor 55mm f/1.8 (K)

Porst Color Reflex MC Auto (Tomioka) 55mm f/1.4 (K)

Asahi Super-Takumar 55mm f/1.8 (K)

Fuji Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 (K)

Third Row From Back (L - R) -

Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm f/2.8 (S)

Yashica Auto Yashinon-DS 50mm f/2 (S)

Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (K)

Industar-61L/Z 50mm f/2.8 (K)

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 (K)

Fourth Row From Back (L - R) -

Pentaflex Auto-Color 50mm f/1.8 (K)

Pentacon Auto 50mm f/1.8 (K)

Pentacon Auto 50mm f/1.8 Multi Coating (S)

Front Row -

Pentacon 30mm f/3.5 (S)

Virtually all of those with a (K) have something unique and/or special about them that I feel make them essential.

After the selling of the (S) lenses, I should have 13 keepers remaining.

I'm unsure about the Mamiya/ Sekor 50/1.8, as it's a beautiful lens, but optically certainly not better than the Takumar or Fujinon 55/1.8s. But it is a bit more unusual, very smooth and well built, and in superb condition, probably the best condition of any lens here.

I'm also undecided about which of the German 50/1.8s to keep. As much as I love these lenses, I don't need five that are so very similar and identical in focal length and speed.

Arguably the Pancolar 50/1.8 should be better than all three Pentacons and the Pentaflex.

But I do like the older Pentacon Auto in looks and feel far more than the later "Multi Coating" versions, and this one is in excellent, fully working and virtually unused condition. Not something you can say about 80% + of Pentacon 50/1.8s!

The Pentaflex is again something a bit more unusual (supposedly a rebranded Meyer), although optically it's unlikely to be much different to the Pancolar, and I believe it was a cheaper lens in its day to the Pancolar. So Maybe I'll just keep the Pancolar and the older Pentacon Auto and sell the other three.

The newest edition is the Porst Color Reflex Auto MC 55/1.4, which is a gorgeous hunk of glass, and after a little research I believe is a rebranded and well regarded Tomioka.

I was looking for something with as much presence as what is still my all time favourite lens, the Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58/1.4. I do have the f/1.4 Takumar, but that's 50mm and significantly smaller, glass wise, plus because it's a Super-Multi-Coated version it has extra lugs at the rear that mean I can't mount it on my Contax/ Yashica bodies as it fouls the adapter. So the Porst is my only f/1.4, and in the 55mm focal length that I favour over 50mm, though is as yet untested.

I'm sure I'll post an update in a couple of months...

UV Lens test, Jena DDR Aus T 2.8 -50 by Michael Jenkin

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