Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 300mm F/4 MC [I]

Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible

Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Prakticar 300mm F/4 MC [I]
  • Announced:
  • · 1980
  • Production type:
  • · Small-batch production: 1100 (one thousand one hundred) units
  • Availability:
  • ● Sold out
  • Country of design:
  • · GDR (German Democratic Republic)
  • Original name:
  • · CARL ZEISS JENA PRAKTICAR 4/300 MC
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
  • · Professional model
  • 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
300mm
F/4
7 elements in 5 groups
Praktica B [44.4mm]
8.2° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
Aperture ring (Manual settings only)
6 (six)
Focusing:
4m
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Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
900g
⌀?×193mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 72mm
Built-in telescopic round
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Source of data

  • Praktica B-System booklet (1982).

From the editor

A totally new super telephoto lens for Praktica B series 35mm SLR cameras, not based on earlier optical designs for M42 screw mount cameras. According to the latest research, the lens consisted of 7 elements in 5 groups. It was similar to the Carl Zeiss Jena Prakticar 200/2.8 MC, but had 1 more element in the optical formula. Only 1.100 units were produced from January 1980 to October 1983.

The Praktica B-System booklet (1982) says the lens consists of 5 elements in 3 groups, but this was most likely true for the prototype version.

Another 4.000 units were produced from August 1985 to October 1990, but this was actually the second version of the Prakticar 300/4 MC with a different optical formula with 6 elements in 5 groups. Unfortunately, we do not have the manufacturer's literature with all the data necessary to add this version to the database.

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