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Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f3.5 MC M42 Lens Review
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One of the most popular and renowned lenses in Carl Zeiss Jena history. Good looking well designed very sharp lens, good for portrait and short telephoto. Almost all the time available on Ebay for reasonable price, generally good quality I never seen broken pieces in my experience, many of them looks brand new. Highly recommended.

Fact Sheet

Vendor name Type Product year
Carl Zeiss Jena
Sonnar
 
Focal Min(mm) Focal Max(mm) Focus Min(cm)
135
135
90
Aperture Max Aperture Min. Barrel length(mm)
3.5
22
89
Elements In Group Diaphragm action Weight (g)
3 in 4
auto|manual
430
Filter Size (mm) Push on diameter (mm) Angular field
49
51
18

How good for portraits ? In my opinion for animals portrait like dogs, cats etc wonderful, but for humans not recommended it shows all skin problems, simple too sharp for that. I like much better Pentacon 135mm for human portraits. See both lens here.

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