Originally posted by pepperberry farm I found a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50/2.8 in a flea market a while ago... I've named it 'the Ruined Tessar'
I wish I knew what happened to that front element....
you'd think that it would be impossible to shoot through that disaster, right?
It looks like someone cleaned the lens with steel wool.
I'm shooting with two Zeiss Tessars at the moment. a recently acquired West German version removed from an old Zeiss Ikon Contessa LK, manufactured between 1963 and 1965, and fitted with a 3D printed m42 mount, and a Jena version from about 1957 with twelve aperture blades. If interested, photos are on my Flickr page,
William Bolton | Flickr If I could have only one lens, I would be content with the Tessar made in Stuttgart.