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Camera Lens News no. 1
Summer 1997 |
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Mutar III T* – A 1,4x converter for Contax SLR cameras
The most important piece of photo equipment for sports- and wildlife photographers—next to a fast high performance telephoto lens like the Carl Zeiss Aposonnar T* 1:2/200 mm or the Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 1:2,8/300 mm—is a high quality 1,4x converter. The 1,4x converter provides the photographerwith additional focal length, considerably longer than the prime lens, at the optical expense of one f-stop only. There are more benefits, especially valuable to wildlife photographers: the close-up capabilities of the prime lens will be fully maintained! And so will the auto-exposure and autofocus capabilities of a camera like the new Contax AX. Also the Carl Zeiss Mutar III T* doesn’t add the 5 to 10 pounds to the photographer’s carrying load that another telephoto lens would. Half a pound is all it adds. Those sports-, news-, wildlife photographers who depend mainly on their own feet for mobility will love it.
The Carl Zeiss Mutar III T* is a high quality converter, which consists of 6 lens elements in 4 groups. It weighs 227 grams. It it optimized to be used with Carl Zeiss telephoto lenses and zoom lenses of medium and long focal lengths. During tests with Aposonnar T* 1:2/200 mm, Tele-Apotessar T* 1:2.8/300 mm, and Mirotar 1:4.5/500 mm the new Carl Zeiss Mutar III T* delivered convincing results. It converted the telephoto lenses mentioned above into remarkably compact 1:2.8/280 mm, 1:4/420 mm and 1:6.3/700 mm, respectively. | |
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