Hi Jaques,
>Another fellow was selling a few Olympus related equipment. One lens he did
>not have with him but was listed in these OM equipment is a Zoom lens
>75-300 mm f4, Zeiss lens for Olympus.
>
>I never heard of a Zeiss lens for OM. Anyone of you know this lens?
There was some discussion a month or two ago about this - there were some
Carl Zeiss branded lenses available for the OM system back in the 70s.
I sent this to the list on 10th August:
>John H wrote:
>>The lens cap (metal) said Carl Zeiss / Jena and seemed nicely made. It was
>>a 35-135 and cost her around $160 (several years ago). I was not able to
>>check the name ring for country of origin.
>
>A trawl of the archives produced a 1984 issue of Amateur Photographer with
>a full page advert for "Zeiss Jenazoom Lenses". Quote "Today Zeiss have
>introduced a range of lenses which they have had maufactured to their
>specifications in Japan, which incorporates the very finest traditions, the
>total experience, of over 100 years continuous lens production. Designed
>to complement virtually every SLR camera manufactured - available for
>Praktica, Canon, Olympus, Nikon ..." etc. It draws comparisons with the
>world famous "Tessar" of the 1900s.
>
>The sole UK distributors were Carl Zeiss Jena Ltd, the UK arm of the East
>German Zeiss company. The ad features a "75-300mm f4.5-5.6 MC Macro
>Jenazoom", with 13 elements in 10 groups, a filter size of 58mm and
>weighing 690g. It doesn't mention any others specifically.
>
>A dealer ad in the same issue lists the following (prices in UKP)
>28mm f2.8 43.95
>35-70 f3.5 69.95
>35-135 f3.5 139.95
>70-210 f4.5 94.95
>
>As a comparison, the same ad lists a Sigma Synchro-II 35-135 f3.5 at the
>same priceas its Zeiss equivalent. This may or may not be an indication of
>quality and/or origin :-)
HTH
Cheers
Richard
Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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