Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Sonnar 300mm F/4
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · No data
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · GDR (German Democratic Republic)
- Original name:
- · Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 4/300
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model
- System:
- · Contax/Praktica (1949)
- · Exakta (1936)
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 300mm | |
| F/4 | |
| 5 elements in 3 groups (Sonnar) | |
| Exakta [44.7mm] | |
| M42 [45.5mm] | |
| 8.2° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Preset |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 18 (eighteen) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 3m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 1950g (Exakta) | |
| 1950g (M42) | |
| ⌀?×232.8mm (Exakta) | |
| ⌀?×232mm (M42) | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 77mm | |
| <No data> | |
| <No data> |
Sources of data
- Bildgestaltung, Wirkung, Perspektive mit auswechselbaren Zeiss-Kleinbildobjektiven f=25 bis 500 mm (1957).
- Carl Zeiss Jena - Photoobjektive (1959).
- aus Jena - Photoobjektive für Exakta und Exa (1961).
- Fotoobjektive aus Jena für Exakta, Exa II, Exa I (1966).
- Photographic lenses for Exakta, Exa II, Exa I (1966).
Manufacturer description
Aus dem Heft "Bildgestaltung, Wirkung, Perspektive mit auswechselbaren Zeiss-Kleinbildobjektiven f=25 bis 500 mm" (1957):
Fünflinser • Bildwinkel 8° • Einstellbar von Unendlichkeit bis 3 m
Mit Blendenvorwahl für Kleinbildreflexkameras (außer Exa)
Langbrennweitiges Objektive mit großer Anfangsöffnung für Landschafts- und Sportaufnahmen, zu Reportagen, für Porträtaufnahmen und Aufnahmen von Tieren aus großer Entfernung
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Five lenses • Angle of view 8° • Adjustable from infinity to 3 m
With aperture preselection for 35mm reflex cameras (except Exa)
Long focal length lens with a large initial aperture for landscape and sports photography, for reportage, for shooting portraits and for long-distance animal photography
From the editor
The lens was recalculated for the medium format 6x6cm and released in 1963 or 1964 in a version with automatic diaphragm for the Praktisix SLR camera. It could also be used on Praktica 35mm SLR cameras with an adapter. The basic specifications (closest focusing distance, weight, length, filter size etc.) of the recalculated version were different.
The "Fotoobjektive aus Jena für Exakta, Exa II, Exa I" (1966) and "Photographic lenses for Exakta, Exa II, Exa I" (1966) indicate an overall length of 317.5mm (with the dedicated lens hood).