Tessar 50 2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena DDR a great small lens

Tessar 50 2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena DDR a great small lens

Sony 77 eats that 42 mm lens in a perfect way!

 

That type was manufactured starting about 1984 (DRESDNER CAMERA).

This later type of a M42 lens has a minimal focus distance of 35 mm.

It has a switch to select the aperture manually. 

Link: What is a Tessar lens?

Its a lens with 4 elements in 3 groups. 

GREEK WORD TESSARES = 4

 

Source: wikipedia

LINK: Who developed that lens: Paul Rudolph

 The faster lenses with 3.5/2.8 was developed by Ernst Wanderleb/Willy Merte.

 

LINK: History of  Carl Zeiss Jena

A lot of different types of Tessars were built
mostly for the PRAKTICA and EXAKTA cameras.

More details see below. 

LINK: Types of TESSAR made in Jena: DRESDNER CAMERA

 

Some historical impressions about old Tessar  lenses and cameras:

 

 

 

 


 All shots were made with A = 2.8!

EndlessSummer

 

TwoSuns

Minimum facus distance of 35 mm

Just BySun

Minimum focus distance 35 mm

 

Summary:

A great small lens for a few Euros to play with.

Handling works well.

Enjoy it!