Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 Type 1

Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · 1953
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · GDR (German Democratic Republic)
  • Original name:
  • · Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2,8/35
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • System:
  • · Contax/Praktica (1949)
  • · Praktina (1953)

Model history (6)

■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 Type 1P6 - 50.36mE49 1953 ●
■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 Type 2S6 - 50.35mS.VIII ●
■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 Type 3A6 - 50.36mE49 1960 ●
■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 Type 4A6 - 50.18mE49 1961 ●
■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 35mm F/2.4 [electric] MCA6 - 60.19mE49 1975 ●
■Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 35mm F/2.4 MCA6 - 60.22mE49 1979 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
35mm
F/2.8
6 elements in 5 groups
M42 [45.5mm]
Praktina [50mm]
63.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Preset
Aperture control:
Preset ring + Aperture ring
9 (nine)
Focusing:
0.36m
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Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
200g (M42)
⌀?×48.5mm (M42)
Accessories:
Screw-type 49mm
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Sources of data

  • Bildgestaltung, Wirkung, Perspektive mit auswechselbaren Zeiss-Kleinbildobjektiven f=25 bis 500 mm (1957).
  • Carl Zeiss Jena - Photoobjektive (1959).

Manufacturer description

Aus dem Heft "Bildgestaltung, Wirkung, Perspektive mit auswechselbaren Zeiss-Kleinbildobjektiven f=25 bis 500 mm" (1957):

Sechslinser • Bildwinkel 62° • Einstellbar von Unendlichkeit bis 0,35 m

Mit Blendenvorwahl oder Springblende für Kleinbildreflexkameras

Weitwinkelobjektiv hoher Lichtstärke mit besonders großer Schnittweite für Aufnahmen in Innenräumen, für Architektur- und Gebäudeaufnahmen in engen Straßen, zu Reportagen

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Six lenses • Angle of view 57° • Adjustable from infinity to 0.35 m

With preset or semi-automatic diaphragm for 35mm reflex cameras

High-speed wide-angle lens with a particularly large back focus for indoor shots, for architectural and building shots in narrow streets, for reportages

From the editor

One of the first retrofocus wide-angle lenses for 35mm SLR cameras. The lens was calculated in 1952 and patented in DDR in 1953.

The manufacturer description mentiones a version with semi-automatic diaphragm - it was available for Exakta and Praktina mounts, and not for the M42 screw mount.

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■Praktina mount (4)
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Comments (1)

Sergio de la Torre

I have a Flektogon Type 1 but it has no filter thread (the nameplate ring takes all the thread) and it also has a 12-blade diaphragm instead of 9.

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