Re: [Rollei] 2.8A Tessar, was Why the 6-element lens for 3.5Fs

[todd <todd_belcher >]

John,

Are you sure it is a Zeiss-Opton 2.8 Tessar, and not the Jena Tessar? If 
the former, then that is interesting because it is some of the Jena 
Tessars that are touted as being soft, yet I have a Zeiss-Opton Tessar 
that is quite soft - the later and supposed replacement for the Jena Tessar.

todd



John Lehman wrote:
> Nick Roberts <nickbroberts   asked:
> 
> 
>>As an aside, has anybody ever tried the 2.8 Opton
>>Tessar?
> 
> 
> I have a Rolleiflex 2.8A with one.  My detailed
> resolution tests are at home (they should be in the
> archives), but the bottom line is that my version is
> pretty soft below f/8 and never matches my various 3.5
> Tessars, let alone the later lenses.  That said, it is
> the only Rolleiflex I own which my wife approves of
> for photographing her (she especially dislikes the 4.5
> Tessar in my original Rolleiflex which she claims is
> so sharp it is cabable of resolving blemishes which
> disappeared 35 years ago).
> 
> 
> =====
> John Lehman
> College, Alaska USA (working in the People's Republic of Berkeley until June)
> 

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