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Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm/1.8

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Another very nice old east German lens. Very versatile, good for pretty much anything. General walkaround, portraits, landscape, product, etc. Shorter minimum focus distance than most normal lenses so can do decent closeups as well. Fully usable wide open, very sharp when closed down a bit. Mine is in zebra style, not the newer all black MC version. A little sussceptible to flare but can easily be avoided.

 

The lens itself:

 

15071980418_3aa077c87c_c.jpgCarl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm/1.8 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

A few samples (portrait and closeup wide open, landscape at f/5.6 or f/8 I think):

 

14980324167_4f8cc98bd8_c.jpgNEX6_0001_8940 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

14775157417_48fbd1de42_c.jpgNEX6_0001_8124 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

15164041285_5e2ec658db_c.jpgNEX6_0001_8882 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

Do you have one? Show a few of your shots! :)

 

 

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I have the Zebra too. It`s a good lens, but not outstanding and you will find many "just as good" 50`s from manufactures like Schacht, Meyer, Pentax, Konica++ from the same period. The MC version of the Pancolar was made from 1978 to 1990 and is known to be the best performer from this lineup which stretched all the way back to the first alu version in 1956. Here is shot from mine :)

 

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