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Camera Lens News No. 7
Summer 1999 |
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Distagon 2,8/50 FE from Carl Zeiss for Hasselblad—renewed
The Distagon 2,8/50 FE is a very popular lens with users of Hasselblad series 200 cameras, preferred mainly for three rea-sons over the Distagon 4/50 CFi, which can also be used with these cameras:
- The Distagon 2,8/50 FE is twice as fast as the Distagon 4/50 CFi.
- The Distagon 2,8/50 FE comes with databus connections, so it can be used with the built-in light meters of Hassel-blad 200 series cameras with full functionality.
- The floating elements of the Distagon 2,8/50 FE adjust automatically with focusing and do not need a separate FLE ring.
But the Distagon 2,8/50 FE used to be very bulky and heavy and the front rotated with focusing. So Carl Zeiss decided to redesign the mechanics of the lens to trim weight and even increase the existing high performance wide angle optics. The main weight reductions came from slightly reducing the close-focusing capability from previously 0,32 m to 0,42 m now. The result: the weight came down from 1240 g to 1025 g.
Even more important to some photographers is the fact, that the new version comes with a non-rotating front. Thus it has now become straightforward to use polarizers, special effect filters, and the Hasselblad ProShade compendium.
Most welcome to perfectionists is the fact that the new mechanics allow for more elaborate adjustment of optical air spaces and centering during assembly. As a result users will find further increased image quality when they use the Distagon 2,8/50 FE wide open. | |
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