New Member Registered: November, 2013 Posts: 14 | | Review Date: December 29, 2022 | Recommended | Price: $50.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | very sharp zoom lens, very well CA corrected | | Cons: | none | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 8
Value: 9
Camera Used: pentax k-5 k-x k200 k-s1 Fuji x-t100 x-e1
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Carl Zeiss Jena Jenazoom made in Japan 4.5-5.6/70-210 MACRO - made in Japan (not in GDR by ZEISS JENA) -
 10/7 elements
has the same optical design and a very similar housing as EXAKTA 4.5-5.6/70-210 Macro II in plastic housing, but metal mount (there are 2 versions of COSINA - the older one is
the better one)
+++ excellent - very good sharpness (80 line pairs/mm = 160 black and white lines/mm) = professional value
++ neutral color rendition
++/+ very good correction of CAs
++/+ high contrast because of excellent coating
unfortunately very rare
totally 8.5 points and my full recommendation
engineers of Jena weren't capable to develop zoom lenses - inspite of high performance single lenses like TESSAR. SONNAR etc..
with 36 mm macro tube excellent flower and insect shootings possible with f 11
the still a few better version is the a.m. older EXAKTA lens with metal housing version I (optical design 12/9)
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