A Virtual Tour of the Lens Production
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Results of unparalleled quality
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In conjunction with high quality cameras, Zeiss lenses produce photos of such astounding detail that the resolving power of even the best color films can be fully utilized. At the Photokina fair in 1996, Carl Zeiss presented color photos with structural detail of 200 line pairs per millimeter. No other manufacturer has yet been able to rival this astonishing performance.
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With these lenses and professional films, a high quality medium format camera can now take photographs, for which a large format camera had to be used just ten years ago in order to obtain the desired image quality.


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This advance offers many benefits. Medium format cameras are more mobile, faster, and easy to load, and do not require assistants. The result: substantially more profit than with any other system. Small wonder, therefore, that they are the first choice of successful business-oriented photographers.
Exposure of Town HallAusschnitt der Uhr
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Frame size: 24 x 36 mm
Film used: Kodak Ektar 25 Professional
The Red City Hall in Berlin.
85 mm Planar f/1.2, f-stop 8,
Contax RTS III,
distance: approx. 300 m.
Although the lens was focused on the portal of the building, we chose the spectacular clock for enlargement.
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The clock is located approx. 15 m behind the front of the portal, i.e. it is not in the plane of maximum sharpness. Nevertheless, the Roman numerals are clearly resolved – even the three very close lines of the VIII. Bricks and joints are clearly visible. The bricks are just under 6 cm thick and the joints are not wider than your little finger.Part of cipher 8