Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 28mm F/2.4 MC

Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 28mm F/2.4 MC
  • Announced:
  • · 1979
  • Production type:
  • · Small-batch production: 390 (three hundred ninety) units
  • Availability:
  • ● Sold out
  • Country of design:
  • · GDR (German Democratic Republic)
  • Original name:
  • · CARL ZEISS JENA PRAKTICAR 1:2.4 f=28mm MC
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • System:
  • · Praktica B (1978)

Abbreviations

MC Multi-layer anti-reflection coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models.

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
28mm
F/2.4
8 elements in 8 groups
Floating element system
Praktica B [44.4mm]
75.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
Aperture ring (Manual settings only)
6 (six)
Focusing:
0.19m
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Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
350g
⌀?×57mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 49mm
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Source of data

  • Praktica B-System booklet (1982).

From the editor

A totally new wide-angle lens for Praktica B series 35mm SLR cameras, not based on earlier optical designs for M42 screw mount cameras. One of the rarest lenses for the Praktica B mount, as only 390 units were produced from November 1979 to ca. 1981.

Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Praktica B system

■Praktica B mount (3)
Pentacon Prakticar 28mm F/2.8 MC
akaCarl Zeiss Jena P 28mm F/2.8 MC
akaMeyer-Optik 28mm F/2.8		A7 - 70.25m⌀49 1979 ●
Pentacon Prakticar PB 28mm F/2.8 MCA7 - 60.22m⌀52 1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 35mm F/2.4 MCA6 - 60.22mE49 1979 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Interchangeable mount (25)
Hanimex 28mm F/2.8 [T]
akaHanimex 28mm F/3		P7 - ?0.45m⌀58 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 28mm F/3.5 [Unidapter]P6 - ?0.40m⌀55 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 24mm F/3.5 [Unidapter Auto]A7 - ?0.26m⌀52 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 28mm F/3.5 [Unidapter Auto]A8 - ?0.30m⌀52 ●
Komuranon 24mm F/2.5 K·M·CA11 - 80.26m⌀58 1974 ●
Komuranon 28mm F/2.5 K·M·CA9 - 70.30m⌀58 1974 ●
Sigma[-XQ] MF [Wide] 24mm F/2.8 Filtermatic [Multi-Coated] [YS]A10 - 80.20m⌀62 1972 ●
Sigma MF Widemax 28mm F/2.8 [Multi] [YS]A7 - 60.30m⌀62 1970 ●
Soligor Wide-Auto 28mm F/2.8 (s/n 1xxxxxxx) [T-4]A7 - 60.30m⌀58 ●
Soligor Wide-Auto 24mm F/2.8 (s/n 1xxxxxxx) [T-4]A8 - 70.30m⌀67 ●
Soligor Wide Angle 28mm F/2.8 [T]P6 - 63.5 ft.⌀58 ●
Mir-10A 28mm F/3.5 [T]
akaМИР-10А 28mm F/3.5		P8 - 70.20m⌀67 ●
Tamron 24mm F/2.5 MC 01B [Adaptall-2]A10 - 90.25m⌀55 1979 ●
Tamron 24mm F/2.5 01BB [Adaptall-2]A10 - 90.25m⌀55 1987 ●
Tamron 28mm F/2.5 MC 02B [Adaptall-2]A7 - 70.25m⌀49 1979 ●
Tamron 24mm F/2.5 CW-24 [Adaptall]A10 - 90.25m⌀55 1976 ●
Tamron 28mm F/2.8 CW-28 [Adaptall]A7 - 70.25m⌀52 1976 ●
Tamron Auto 24mm F/3.5 [Adapt-A-Matic]A8 - 60.25m⌀72 1971 ●
Tamron Auto 28mm F/2.8 [Adapt-A-Matic]A7 - 70.22m⌀62 1969 ●
Tamron Auto 28mm F/2.8 [Adapt-A-Matic]A7 - 70.22m⌀58 1972 ●
Vivitar Wide Angle 28mm F/2.5 [T]P8 - 70.30m⌀62 ●
Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 28mm F/2.8 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T-4]A7 - 60.30m⌀58 1968 ●
Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 24mm F/2.8 (s/n 37xxxxx) [T-4]A8 - 70.30m⌀67 ●
Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 28mm F/2.5 (s/n 37xxxxxx) [TX]A7 - 70.24m⌀52 1976 ●
Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 24mm F/2.8 (s/n 37xxxxxx) [TX]A8 - 70.23m⌀58 1976 ●

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