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75 tessar rollei mx

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Ricoh GXR-M + Zeiss Tessar 38mm f/2.8
(1938 uncoated lens from RoBoT II)
ISO 800 @ f/4 @ 1/80 sec​
 
msbarnes said:
From any format/brand (Rolleiflex, Rollei 35, Leica Elmars, and etc.)

Show me your images from this oftentimes underrated design..
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Similar questions I just posted in the new Sonnar thread:
What defines a Tessar design? Is there a list of Tessar design lenses anywhere? And are there any Tessar design lenses being made today? Thanks.
 
Jamie Pillers said:
Similar questions I just posted in the new Sonnar thread:
What defines a Tessar design? Is there a list of Tessar design lenses anywhere? And are there any Tessar design lenses being made today? Thanks.
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The Tessar is a Zeiss design. It is 4 elements in 3 groups which is relatively simple and hence it can produce good contrast without the need for coatings. Most people tend to prefer the Planar design or Sonnar design (for TLR's and the Rollei 35) because they are faster and sharper at wide apertures

There are tons of Tessar lenses and clones....fitted on a bunch of Japanese and German TLRs and folders....The Agfa Solinar and Schneider Xenar lenses come to mind. In 35mm, there is the Zeiss Tessar for Contax rangefinders and the Leica Elmars for Leica LTM/M, and some fitted on point and shoots...the Yashica T4 and the Olympus Epic come to mind. A lot of compact 40mm-45mm lenses on many SLRs are Tessar designs.

There are probably a bunch more LF tessars and maybe some telephoto tessars...I think the Leica 90mm elmar (f4, right?) is a Tessar lens.

which reminds me,


Untitled by Michael_Sergio_Barnes, on Flickr

Olympus Epic
 
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I like the Tessar for portraits. These were all done when I was in art school, back in 1995, with a pre-war Rolleiflex Automat. It has an uncoated 75mm f3.5 Tessar.
 
msbarnes said:
The Tessar is a Zeiss design. It is 4 elements in 3 groups which is relatively simple and hence it can produce good contrast without the need for coatings. Most people tend to prefer the Planar design or Sonnar design (for TLR's and the Rollei 35) because they are faster and sharper at wide apertures

There are tons of Tessar lenses and clones....fitted on a bunch of Japanese and German TLRs and folders....The Agfa Solinar and Schneider Xenar lenses come to mind. In 35mm, there is the Zeiss Tessar for Contax rangefinders and the Leica Elmars for Leica LTM/M, and some fitted on point and shoots...the Yashica T4 and the Olympus Epic come to mind. A lot of compact 40mm-45mm lenses on many SLRs are Tessar designs.

There are probably a bunch more LF tessars and maybe some telephoto tessars...I think the Leica 90mm elmar (f4, right?) is a Tessar lens.

which reminds me,


Untitled by Michael_Sergio_Barnes, on Flickr

Olympus Epic
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Michael, thanks for the response. Do you know if there are any Tessar type lenses being built today? The Tessar and Sonnar designs create such beautiful, full-of-character images. It seems like there would be a market for this kind of thing today, given how so many of the lenses we're offered today have been designed to perfection and have left character behind.
 
I think there are a few Japanese LTM lenses that are Tessar types as well, if I'm not mistaken:
Canon 50/3.5
Canon 50/2.8
Nikkor 50/3.5
Any others?
::Ari
 
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