Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f1.5 telephoto Lens for Exakta. Case, CLA'D by DAG.

Description: Carl Zeiss Biotar 75mm (7.5cm) f/1.5 telephoto lens. Made in Germany. Serial # 5243246. Late version circa 1961. Rare King of BOKEH vintage Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5 telephoto/portrait lens in Exakta/Topcon bayonet lens mount. Will fit Exakta bayonet mount 35mm slr film cameras like the VX, VXIIa, and VX1000 cameras that use the Exaktalens mount. Will also fit Topcon D series cameras. This lens will also work well on mirrorless digital cameras with an adapter, and will give you a nice vintage look to your images. Great BOKEH with the fast F/1.5 lens aperture. 10 lens aperture blades. This lens will fit mirrorless digital cameras like the Canon EOS 5D mark IV, Canon R, Fuji X-Pro 3, XT-4, Olympus OM-D, Nikon Z6ii, 7ii, Panasonic G9, GH-5, and Sony a7III, A7R IV ect. with the proper adapter. This Zeiss 75mm f/1.5 lens will cover full frame format. This Biotar 75mm f/1.5 lens is in Ex+/Ex++ or 8.5 out of 10 cosmetic condition. Overall fairly clean condition for the age of this lens. No dings of dents. Manual lens aperture range from f/1.5 to f/16. Close focusing down to 2.6' or .8 meter. Distance scale is in feet & meters. Overall fairly clean lens barrel with small marks from prior use. This lens has very clean optics for a vintage lens. Lens has been cla'd 2023 best as possible for a vintage lens by DAG. Some very small dust spots inside that will not affect your photos. Nice lens coating. Some small fine cleaning marks on the front lens coating that can be seen with a flashlight only, and will not affect your photos. Smooth working eighteen(10) blade lens aperture. Smooth lens focusing. Single lens coating. Comes with caps, and a leather case. This late version very scarce Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5 telephoto lens in Exakta/Topcon lens mount sells with no reserve at a price of $1495. I have lots of more Zeiss, Angenieux and Exakta mount lenses, and other rare lenses in Exakta mount. Also accessories, 35mm Rangefinder cameras and lenses, Medium and Large Format cameras, on my other Auctions, web page and eBay Store. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 originally dubbed this lens the “Night Lens” for its ability to shoot in low light situations. Others have affectionately called it The Big B, The King of Bokeh, and The Vortex King for its ability to render swirling whirlpools in the out-of-focus areas behind a subject. The Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 has become renowned for swirly bokeh, center sharpness, and its ability to produce the famous and so-called “3D Pop,” whereby an object centered in the image seems to almost burst out from the background. But it’s not a one trick pony like some other cult lenses. Yes, we can make the swirly bokeh that many photographers seem to obsess over, but this lens can also do so much more. Move closer to our subject and find the right background and we get out-of-focus areas that look like a Monet oil painting, just dripping with smooth, creamy bokeh. The Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm F/1.5 was introduced in 1939 in a manual aperture model for cinematography, then released as a 35mm format lens for the famed Kine Exacta or “Night Exacta.” It was initially promoted as an available-light lens for sport shooting, reportage, and theatre photography. It was also a technical marvel. This, as can be guessed, did not come cheap. The first Biotar lenses for the Contax S are known as Version Two of the 75mm f/1.5, and these were produced between 1946 and 1952. Among the many different versions of this lens, these are highly sought after and reputed to be of the highest optical quality of all versions of the 75mm Biotar. Primarily this is because the lens elements were produced using the high-refractive lanthanum-containing Schott glass that only Zeiss had access to. These lenses also have twelve aperture blades instead of the ten blades found in Version three. Sadly, the partition of Germany placed the Jena factory where the 75mm Biotar was produced in the Soviet Sector, which later became the D.D.R. or East Germany. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Price: 1495 USD

Location: Solon, Ohio

End Time: 2024-09-12T19:42:14.000Z

Shipping Cost: 39 USD