On 12/03/2016, at 12:54 PM, Marco Gariboldi <mgaribo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2016-03-12 0:06 GMT+01:00 Roland Schregle <roland.schre...@gmail.com>: > >> >> Have the Tessar on a 3.5B (aka MX-EVS). Excellent expect when wide open as >> mentioned here, though I wouldn't call it entry level. I think Zeiss made >> an earlier, sub-standard lens (Biotar ?) for Rollei before they could >> deliver 75mm Tessars. > > Biotar sub-standard? Germans happily used them on their film cameras, > rather extensively during WW II. I think you might be thinking of the Jena > (GDR) Biometar instead, which later became known as Pentacon. Hi Marco, could have been the Biometar. I recall reading about it in Prochnow's Rollei Report, but I don't have that at hand now. >> Somebody mentioned the Zeiss ZM line for Leica. Have the f/2.8 35mm Biogon >> and the f/2 50mm Planar for my M3 and M2. These perform very close to the >> original Leitz glass, but are at least affordable for mere mortals. > > > Indeed and, more importantly, I'm very happy with my Biogon. Plus, that > blue orb also looks nice. And it doesn't have those silly focussing tabs Leitz has on their lens. I much prefer a focussing ring you can actually grab. My lens are 2nd hand and black though, and so look a bit odd on the old silver Leicas. Been looking to replace them with silver ones, but they show up less often on eBay. --GT -- "END OF LINE" [MCP, 1982]
