Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't know Robert, thanks for the information Lluis El 19/12/2008, a las 4:16, Robert Meier escribi?: > No, cosmetically is what I meant -- that is, it looks just like the > 50/2.8 Tessar. > > On Dec 18, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> Yes Robert, but at least cosmetically the lens is quite different >> from the Tessar 2,8/50 >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> >> El 18/12/2008, a las 1:22, Robert Meier escribi?: >> >>> I know that lens! it's the 50/2.8 Tessar I had on my first SLR, >>> the Praktica FX-3. Semi-automatic, which meant I had to reopen >>> the diaphragm after each shot if I wanted to see through the lens >>> at f2.8. It was a good, slow, but good, lens. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll" >>> <luisripoll@telefonica.net >>> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:24 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] ZEISS BIOTAR 58/2 TEST --> To Marc J. Small >>> >>> >>> Hi Marc, >>> >>> It is not a secret, the PENTACON is the model F, S/N 186012 the lens >>> is marked JENA S/N 5505038. Here you can see the camera: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8395836 >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8395835 >>> >>> as you can see it is very good condition and I've liked very much >>> have >>> the opportunity to have this camera and this lens, my next test will >>> be in color. >>> >>> About your statement I should say that I've read it somewhere on >>> Photo >>> Net I think..., the Max Berek is a very good one too. >>> >>> I'll be delighted to share and discuss experiences with other users, >>> yes, the lens is the same for Praktica, I've read on the I. Matanle >>> book that Praktica was the successor brand name of the Pentacon. >>> >>> Thanks for looking and your interesting historicall comments >>> >>> Saludos cordiales >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> El 17/12/2008, a las 5:43, Marc James Small escribi?: >>> >>>> At 07:55 PM 12/16/2008, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >>>> >I've got a new camera too, a Pentacon with a Zeiss Jena Biotar >>>> 58/2, >>>> >this is a nice lens, probably not si smooth as some Leica >>>> glasses but >>>> >it has a nice rendition and transition from focus to non focus >>>> areas, >>>> >as Dr.. Marc J. Small says "he never founded a bad Zeiss lens", >>>> I was >>>> >quite influenced to try this once I've read his book, it is a >>>> cheap >>>> >and amazing camera. >>>> >>>> Hmm. Luis, could you be so kind as to send the model number of >>>> the Pentacon camera and its serial number, together with that of >>>> the lens? Private e-mail, if you prefer. I will share this with >>>> others but only in sanitized format with your name not >>>> included. There is a very active Zeiss Ikon Collectors' Group >>>> and a Praktica Users' Group where such cameras and lenses are >>>> actively discussed. >>>> >>>> All of the Praktica breed of cameras are grand picture-takers >>>> albeit some are, I admit, a bit quirky. And the 2/5.8cm Biotar, >>>> later the 2/58mm Biotar, is a most fascinating lens, having been >>>> calculated by the mavens of Jena when they were first >>>> recognizing the impact that coating would have on optical >>>> performance. It first was designed in 1939, incidentally, as >>>> part of a project from the odd-ball Noble owners of KW, and this >>>> also resulted in the M42 mount. The lens survives in production >>>> today in a Post-Soviet form used on Zenit SLR's, made by the KMZ >>>> works nearby to Moscow. A continuous production for a >>>> photographic lens for almost seventy years mst set some sort of >>>> a record. >>>> >>>> I would retract a flat statement that "I never met a Zeiss lens >>>> I didn't like", as I have met some which I found, well, not of >>>> the first water. Allow me to amend this statement to one which >>>> Max Berek would applaud, that I have never met a Zeiss lens not >>>> fully capable of great use. Almost all are cutting edge but, >>>> then, some of them pushed too hard, though they are still >>>> capable opticks. >>>> >>>> Marc >>>> >>>> >>>> msmall@aya.yale.edu >>>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information