Leica Zeiss Tessar 50mm 2.8 LTM (adapted from M42)

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I used this lens yesterday for a few portraits.


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Someone machined a clean lens barrel in ltm for this lens. It is more modern that Tessar 5cm 2.8 lenses for the Contax RF camera.
 
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I like the Tessars and the Xenars, need to use more often. I'm so hooked on the speed of the Sonnars.

My best "Tessar" is a 5-element Xenar, adapted from a Karat to LTM. I need to compare it with the Zeiss versions.
 
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Here a few additional images taken with this lens that sunset.


After some thinking, I believe that I used an Elmarit 90/2.8 here and not a Tessar 50 2.8.
 
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Thank you Dale. I knew beforehand that the colors would be great that day at sunset, so I took with me a 17mm lens on the M9 and a 90mm lens on the M8 for such crops. I know our weather patterns well.
 
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