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Camera Lens News No. 10
Sommer 2000 |
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Tele-Apotessar 4/350 T* - A powerful new telephoto lens for Contax 645
Becoming available as you read this is a new fast autofocus telephoto lens for the Contax 645: Tele-Apotessar® 4/350 T*. Being a highly corrected optical tool for the demanding medium format photographer it incorporates 9 lens elements in 8 groups, several elements being made of fluor crown glass to correct chromatic aberrations exceptionally well. Due to elaborate stray light baffling techniques and newly developed absorptive surface treatments, internal suppression of flare is on an extremely advanced level. Stunningly brilliant photos with true-to-life color rendition and vivid saturation are the result.
The Tele-Apotessar® 4/350 T* comes with a rotatable tripod collar, and Zeiss recommends to use a good tripod in order to bring the full optical potential of this lens to film. Filter thread is M95, non-rotating.
Utilizing internal focusing optics and autofocus drive motors in the lens, not in the camera body, the new lens focuses as close as impressive 1.9 meters in front of the film plane, 1.5 meters from the front lens element. This enables the photographer to tightly fill the fame with a child's face at a magnification of 1:4.
The level of correction is so high that the lens can be successfully used wide open. So the photographer can use selective focus in a very pronounced way. The Tele-Apotessar® 4/350 comes with the new Mutar® 1,4x, building a powerful 5,6/490 mm lens. This new optic expands the capabilities of the Contax 645 system considerably. | |
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