35mm Contax SLR (Yashica/Contax) Lenses |
| The "C/Y" mount lenses were Christened according to their function. Retrofocus wide-angle lenses were named Distagons, with fish-eyes prefixed by an "F." Planars were prime lenses with large apertures in normal to telephoto. Tessars were their normal lenses. Sonnar and Tele-Tessars were telephotos. Vario-Sonnars were their zooms, and Makro-sonnar and Makro-planar predictably, were for macro work. Contax lenses were designed by Zeiss, and manufacturing shared between Zeiss and Yashica. While Yashica has exited the camera business, Zeiss still functions in the same way today. |
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| Also known as the "HOLLYWOOD" due to its cinematic application derivation. This floating element (group) 9 element 8 group optical masterpiece bears some resemblance to Nikon's 9 element 8 group precedent 28mm F2:
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| With 7 element in 7 groups and legendarily sharp, this particular lens is part of what has made the Zeiss Distagons famous for sharpness and color saturation. Weighing less than 10oz and protruding 2" from the camera bod... |
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| The most astonishingly distinctive aspect of this modest range zoom lens is its lack of distortion and its prime lens rivaling sharpness. This ten element in ten group formulation displays two objectives seldom achieved ... |
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| Based historically on the classic 1896 P. Rudolph design from Zeiss Stiftung, Two very early, turn of the century Planar antecedants (circa 11/14/1896. On sale in Sweden November 1896) are shown below:
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| A very careful study of the factory documentation provided by Zeiss of the respective f1.4 and f1.7 50mm Planars leads to an interesting set of conclusions. The factory specified focal lengths are 51.8mm and 51.9mm respe... |
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| Extremely solidly constructed one-touch pull-in/push-out action zoom that covers the portrait to moderate telephoto range. Displays transmittance, color saturation characteristics, sharpness and distortion more character... |
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