nomadia
Established
Re: Tessar Question
Hi all,
I just got a 515/2 nettar, but hasn't run a roll yet. Is there a huge difference in terms of image quality in the prewar tessar lenses of Nettars, Ikontas and Super Ikontas? Thanks.
Hi all,
I just got a 515/2 nettar, but hasn't run a roll yet. Is there a huge difference in terms of image quality in the prewar tessar lenses of Nettars, Ikontas and Super Ikontas? Thanks.
Scrambler
Well-known
No. The differences are in the wind/shutter/release mechanisms (Nettar:Ikonta) and in the focusing system (Ikonta:Mess-Ikonta:Super Ikonta)
Solinar
Analog Preferred
The 515/2 Nettar and 521/2 Ikonta share the same basic body shell and folding mechanisms.
The Ikonta had the option of Tessar and shutters that offered more shutter speeds than the Klio or Vario shutters common to the Nettar.
If you shoot @ f/8 - f/16 the f/4.5 Novar-Anastigmat and with the results will be very similar to the Tessar. There may be some difference with regards to resolution in the corners, since this is a 6x9 on 120 camera.
Some would disagree - but if you can nail it on the focusing - I rather like a simple Cooke-Triplet, opened up to f/4.5 for portraits from 5 or 6 feet away from the subject. Focusing would be the critical drawback at that distance due to the very limited depth of field - which would be ~ 6 inches.
Best Regards,
The Ikonta had the option of Tessar and shutters that offered more shutter speeds than the Klio or Vario shutters common to the Nettar.
If you shoot @ f/8 - f/16 the f/4.5 Novar-Anastigmat and with the results will be very similar to the Tessar. There may be some difference with regards to resolution in the corners, since this is a 6x9 on 120 camera.
Some would disagree - but if you can nail it on the focusing - I rather like a simple Cooke-Triplet, opened up to f/4.5 for portraits from 5 or 6 feet away from the subject. Focusing would be the critical drawback at that distance due to the very limited depth of field - which would be ~ 6 inches.
Best Regards,