Vintage Carl ZEISS JENA BIOTAR 75mm F/1. 5 Camera Prime Portrait Lens Exakta
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Vintage Carl Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5 fast prime/portrait lens for Exacta, or use with adapter for Sony Mirrorless A7, A9, etc... With original front and back covers. Exacta mount. Version 3. Qualität 1 ( Q1 ).
I have included a sample photo of an old Kodak camera in the photos taken with this particular lens to show image quality or lens condition ( not specifically highlight bokeh ).
Condition : No fungus. No scratches to outer front or rear elements. Looking ve...ry closely the glass coating on front element has some minor spotting with minor changes in color towards outer edges only. Small speck mark to outside of rear element. Fine microscopic crosshatch marks to periphery of rear inner element seen under bright light - not affecting images. See sample photo taken from this lens. Focus and aperture operate smoothly. Images are good. I have not cleaned or taken this lens apart. Please see photographs including sample photo.
All 75 mm Biotars were made in the East German Zeiss Jena Factory. West Germany exported lenses are marked Carl Zeiss Biotar, and East Germany exported lenses are marked Jena and B depending on which country they were shipping to.
" Carl Zeiss Jena was continued in East Germany with the same name as before the Jena copyright cases. Zeiss Opton was a company established by former CZJ people at the former Zeiss-Ikon plant at Oberkochen.The name and copyright dispute went on for several years, and Zeiss-West (there have been several modifications of the structure of this company and its name) won the legal issues in some countries (including West-Germany) and lost it in some others. Anyhow, all Zeiss lenses made in Jena were no longer entitled to bear the Zeiss name when shipping to certain countries after the eastern group lost the trial in West Germany. Also, CZJ was no longer entitled to use the pre-war Zeiss lens designators in many countries."
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