ZM-6A 500mm F/6.3 [MC]
akaЗМ-6А 500mm F/6.3 [МС]
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
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- Announced:
- · No data
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- Original name:
- · ЗМ-6А 6,3/500
- · МС ЗМ-6А 6,3/500
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Mirror/Reflex lens
- System:
- · Zenit M42 (1965)
- · Kiev-17/19/20 (1978)
- · Zenit K (1985)
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. |
Sample photos (2)
F/6.3
F/???
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 500mm | |
| F/6.3 | |
| 6 elements in 5 groups | |
| Interchangeable mount (T) | |
| 5° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Fixed |
Aperture control: | None |
| Focusing: | |
| 6m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 1400g | |
| ⌀112.5×182mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 95mm | |
| Built-in telescopic round | |
| <No data> |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
Typical characteristics of mirror (reflex) lenses
- Catadioptric system consisting of curved mirrors and optical glass;
- Much shorter, lighter and less expensive designs than conventional super telephoto lenses;
- Outstanding correction of chromatic aberrations;
- Since the aperture is fixed, neutral density filters are used to obtain a smaller aperture;
- Doughnut-shaped out-of-focus highlights.
From the editor
The lens was produced by the Lytkarino Optical Glass Plant (USSR) in the 1980s. It originally had a single-layer anti-reflective coating, but received a multi-layer coating around 1985.
The lens has a built-in retractable lens hood. When folded, the hood completely covers the focusing ring.
The following 95mm screw-in filters were supplied with the lens: УФ-1,4х (UV), ЖЗ-5,6х (Yellow/Green), О-4х (Orange) and Н-4х (Neutral).
Light transmission: 0.60. Resolving power, mm-1: at the center of thje field: 38, at the edges of the field: 22.
Notes
- "ЗМ" is an abbreviation for "зеркально-менисковый [объектив]", which means "mirror-meniscus [lens]", or "зеркальный [объектив] Максутова", which means "Maksutov's mirror [lens]".
- Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896-1964) is a Soviet scientist, optician, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946). Inventor of the meniscus optical system bearing his name, which is now widely used in telescope construction.
- The lens has an interchangeable mount that is mechanically identical to the T2 interchangeable mount. In the USSR, the following interchangeable mount adapters were produced: "КП-А/42" (T2 - M42x1/45.5), "КП-А/39" (T2 - M39x1/45.2), "КП-А/К" (T2 - Pentax K), "КП-А/Н" (T2 - Nikon F). "КП" is an abbreviation for "Кольцо переходное", which means "Adapter ring".
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| ■Interchangeable mount (28) | |||||||||
| Chinon 500mm F/8 Mirror [T] akaHanimex 500mm F/8 Mirror akaListar 500mm F/8 Mirror akaMarexar 500mm F/8 Mirror akaPorst 500mm F/8 Mirror akaQuantaray 500mm F/8 Mirror akaStarblitz 500mm F/8 Mirror akaSuper-Danubia 500mm F/8 Mirror akaToyo Optics 500mm F/8 Mirror | -- | 5 - 4 | 2.50m | ⌀77 | ● | ||||
| Zoomar Muenchen Sport-Reflectar 500mm F/5.6 [II] | -- | 4 - ? | 5.60m | -- | 1970 ● | ||||
| Zoomar Muenchen Sport-Reflectar 500mm F/5.6 [I] | -- | 4 - ? | 5.60m | -- | 1968 ● | ||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC [T] | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | ● | |||||
| Panagor 500mm F/8 Reflex [PMC] [T] akaOsawa 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 6 - 5 | 4.00m | -- | ● | ||||
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| Sigma[-XQ] MF 500mm F/4 Mirror Ultra-Telephoto [Multi-Coated] [T] akaAccura 500mm F/4 Mirror Ultratel | -- | 5 - 5 | 15.00m | -- | 1971 ● | ||||
| Sigma[-XQ] MF 500mm F/8 Mirror Ultra-Telephoto [Multi-Coated] [T] akaSpiratone 500mm F/8 Mirror-Ultratel | -- | 5 - 5 | 4.00m | ⌀77 | 1967 ● | ||||
| Soligor C/D 500mm F/8 Mirror MC [T] | -- | 5 - 4 | 2.50m | ⌀72 | ● | ||||
| Soligor S/M 500mm F/8.8 Mirror MC [T] akaCambron 500mm F/8.8 Mirror MC akaSirius 500mm F/8.8 Reflex MC | -- | 7 - 5 | 2.50m | ⌀67 | 1989 ● | ||||
| Soligor C/D 500mm F/8 Mirror MC [T] | -- | ? - ? | 2.50m | ⌀67 | ● | ||||
| Soligor C/D 500mm F/8 Mirror MC [T] | -- | 5 - 4 | 2.50m | ⌀77 | ● | ||||
| ZM-5A 500mm F/8 [MC] [T] akaЗМ-5А 500mm F/8 akaЗМ-5А-МС 500mm F/8 | -- | 4 - 4 | 4.00m | ⌀77 | ● | ||||
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| Spiratone Minitel-M 500mm F/8 Mirror Plura-Coat [T] akaCambron 500mm F/8 Mirror Multi-Coated | -- | 7 - 6 | 1.70m | ⌀72 | 1981 ● | ||||
| Spiratone Minitel 500mm F/8 Mirror [T] akaRevuenon 500mm F/8 Mirror akaSP Zivnon 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 6 - 5 | 4.00m | ⌀77 | 1978 ● | ||||
| Spiratone Minitel-C 500mm F/8 Mirror [T] | -- | 5 - 4 | 3.60m | ⌀77 | 1980 ● | ||||
| Tamron SP 500mm F/8 Mirror MC Tele Macro 55B [Adaptall-2] | -- | 7 - 4 | 1.70m | ⌀82 | 1979 ● | ||||
| Tamron SP 500mm F/8 Mirror MC Tele Macro 55BB [Adaptall-2] | -- | 7 - 4 | 1.70m | ⌀82 | 1983 ● | ||||
| Tokina MF SZ 500mm F/8 Reflex [T] | -- | 7 - 7 | 1.70m | ⌀72 | 2022 ● | ||||
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| Prinz 500mm F/8 Mirror [T] | -- | 4 - 4 | 3.00m | ● | |||||
| Celestron 500mm F/8 Mirror Multi-Coated [T] | -- | ? - ? | 1.70m | ⌀72 | ● | ||||
| Kelda 500mm F/6.3 Mirror DX [T] akaJintu 500mm F/6.3 Mirror DX | -- | 7 - 6 | 2.00m | ⌀95 | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Mirotar 500mm F/4.5 | -- | 5 - 5 | 3.50m | -- | 1974 ● | ||||
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| ■Canon FD mount (4) | |||||||||
| Canon FD 500mm F/8 Reflex S.S.C. | -- | 6 - 3 | 4.00m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| Canon FDn 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 6 - 3 | 4.00m | -- | 1980 ● | ||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (5) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.50m | -- | 1982 ● | ||||
| Yashica 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 6 - 5 | 4.00m | -- | 1974 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Mirotar T* 500mm F/8 | -- | 6 - 4 | 3.50m | E82 | 1997 ● | ||||
| ■Konica AR mount (2) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| ■M42 mount (7) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
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| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| Yashica Yashinon 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 6 - 5 | 4.00m | -- | 1973 ● | ||||
| Yashica Yashinon-DX 500mm F/5 Reflex | -- | 6 - 5 | 10.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| ■Minolta SR mount (3) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Minolta RF Rokkor 500mm F/8 | -- | 6 - 5 | 4.00m | ⌀77 | 1977 ● | ||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| ■Nikon F mount (5) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Nippon Kogaku Reflex-Nikkor 500mm F/5 | -- | 5 - 4 | 15.00m | ⌀122 | 1961 ● | ||||
| Nippon Kogaku / Nikon Reflex-Nikkor[·C] 500mm F/8 | -- | 5 - 3 | 4.00m | ⌀88 | 1968 ● | ||||
| Nikon Reflex-Nikkor 500mm F/8 | -- | 6 - 6 | 1.50m | ⌀82 | 1983 ● | ||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| ■Olympus OM mount (3) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Olympus Zuiko 500mm F/8 Reflex | -- | 5 - 2 | 4.00m | ⌀72 | 1983 ● | ||||
| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||
| ■Pentax K mount (4) | |||||||||
| Makina Makinon 500mm F/8 Reflex MC | -- | 8 - 6 | 2.20m | 1980 ● | |||||
| Rubinar 500mm F/8 Mirror MC Macro akaРУБИНАР 500mm F/8 МС МАКРО akaРУБИНАР-К 500mm F/8 МС МАКРО | -- | ? - ? | 2.20m | ⌀77 | ● | ||||
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| Tokina 500mm F/8 Reflex RMC | -- | 7 - 2 | 1.50m | -- | 1978 ● | ||||