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Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 alu M42 Lens Review |
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Little brother of legendary Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5. Pretty sharp well usable lens for close-up photography even reverse back on other lens.
Vendor name
| Type name
| Product year
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| Carl Zeiss Jena |
Biotar
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1946-1960
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Focal min (mm)
| Focal max (mm)
| Focus min(cm)
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| 58 |
58
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50
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| Aperture max | Aperture min
| Lens size (mm) |
2
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16
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60x40 |
Elements
| Diaphragm ACTION | Weight (g)
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6 in 4 groups
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pre-set,manual,auto |
210
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Filter size (mm)
| aNGULAR FIELD
| Body mount
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| 49 |
41 |
M42 |
I like old lenses as well, this lens looks old with aluminum finish, but image quality is not looks old at all. Not really macro
lens so not expect same result than real one, but good first step to
macro photography and very good performer as reverse back lens on
others. It has two variations with "B Aus Jena" title, Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm title, I saw pre-set version and pre-set version with auto mechanism.All kind of lens great performer on DSLR cameras, so don't worry about that just pickup one , this lens relatively cheap. Biotar 58mm copied by Russians too, their variation called Hellios-44.
 Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 M42
Sample pictures:
Gallery
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Veijo Vilva
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Related resources:
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