Rollei-HFT Planar 80mm F/2.8 EL
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · February 1999
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Original name:
- · Made in Germany by Rollei Planar 1:2,8 f=80mm HFT EL Lens
- Class:
- · Fast 6x6 medium-format standard prime lens
- · Professional model (Top class)
- System:
- · Rolleiflex SLX/6000 (1976)
Abbreviations
| HFT | Multi-layer High Fidelity Transfer 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. Learn more |
| EL | Economy Line. |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| Medium format 6x6 | |
| 80mm | |
| F/2.8 | |
| 7 elements in 5 groups (Double Gauss derivative) | |
| Rolleiflex SLX [74mm] | |
| 52.3° | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) |
| Built-in leaf shutter: | |
Type: | Electronically controlled Rollei |
Range of shutter speeds: | 30 - 1/500 + B, T |
Self-timer (V): | - |
Shutter speed control: | None; shutter speed is set from the camera |
Flash sync mode: | X sync |
Flash sync terminal: | - |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.90m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 590g | |
| ⌀81.5×63mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 67mm | |
| 96 741 - Bayonet-type square | |
| <No data> |
Sources of data
- Lenses for Rolleiflex 6001 professional, 6003 professional, 6008 integral booklet (in German).
- Rollei close-up handbook.
- Rollei Rolleiflex 6000-system: lenses and dedicated accessories booklet.
- Rolleiflex 6008 AF, 6008 integral2 user's manual.
Manufacturer description
EL-Lenses: an alternative line of lenses for the Rolleiflex 6000 System, including the Distagon 50 mm f/4 HFT, Planar 80 mm f/2.8 HFT, Sonnar 150 mm f/4 HFT and Sonnar 250 mm f/5.6 HFT. Instead of a filter bayonet mount, EL lenses have an M67 screw thread for the use of filters and close-up lenses. Lens hoods are attached via the size VI outside bayonet. The Tele-Tessar 500 mm f/8 HFT also is an EL lens.
Rollei Planar 80 mm f/2.8 HFT EL: The general-purpose standard focal length. A wide aperture allows pin-point focusing.
From the editor
Introduced at PMA 1999.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Carl Zeiss lens designation "Planar" mean?
Planar: the development of a design concept (P. Rudolf, 1896) based on reducing the curvature of the image field. Planar designs are ideal for very fast lenses which are often used at full aperture (available light photography). / Source: Rollei literature /
Other standard prime lenses in the Rolleiflex SLX/6000 system
| ■Rolleiflex SLX mount (6) | |||||||||
| Rollei-HFT Rolleigon 80mm F/2.8 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.90m | ⌀67 | ● | ||||
| Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar HFT 80mm F/2.8 PQS akaDHW Fototechnik Apogon HFT 80mm F/2.8 PQS | A | 7 - 6 | 0.80m | BVI | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar HFT 80mm F/2.8 PQ | A | 7 - 5 | 0.90m | BVI | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar HFT 80mm F/2.8 akaRollei-HFT Planar 80mm F/2.8 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.90m | BVI | 1976 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar HFT 80mm F/2.8 PQS | A | 7 - 5 | 0.90m | BVI | 1992 ● | ||||
| Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar HFT 80mm F/2 PQ | A | 7 - 5 | 0.80m | BVI | 1988 ● | ||||