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Distagon T*3.5/55, a new Wide-Angle Lens for Contax 645 AF
The new 7-element Distagon T* 3.5/55 lens is an moderate wide-angle lens in the Contax 645 medium format autofocus system producing images similar to those from 35 mm lenses on 35 mm Contax SLRs.
The compact, lightweight Distagon T*3.5/55 lens produces excellent image quality over the entire frame from full opening to small apertures. The Distagon T* 3.5/55 lens can be stopped down to f/32, thus enabling stunning depth of field effects. Distortion of the Distagon T* 3.5/55 lens is kept remarkably low, a particular strength of retrofocus wide angle lenses from Carl Zeiss.
With these features the Distagon T* 3.5/55 is the ideal lens for photojournalistic ”street photography” with the Contax 645 AF camera. Experienced photographers will utilize the Distagon T* 3.5/55 lens particularly for interiors. It is well suited for portraits of people in their environment, where space is too limited for the Planar T* 2/80 lens and the pronounced wide angle perspective of the Distagon T* 4/45 lens give a distorted perspective to subjects located close to the edges of the frame.
Groups indoors are a very typical task for wedding photographers, and a rewarding one: Photos like these will sell very successfully if people like the way they are depicted. Also, photos of wedding groups have to be tremendously sharp to ensure everyone in a hundred-people group can clearly and pleasantly be recognised! The Distagon T* 3.5/55 lens is the right tool for this kind of subject, when using a Contax 645 AF. | |
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