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| Management number | 17989398 | Release Date | 2025/12/01 | List Price | $116.40 | Model Number | 17989398 | ||
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VERY Rare Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2.8/180mm Olympic Olympia Lens. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.<br><br><br>I am sorry I am not sure which mount , it seems to me I use it with Canon M42. But really not sure<br><br><br><br>HISTORY<br><br>Years ago I bought this beast of a lens on Ebay (225€) because I wanted to have an old fast tele lens on a budget. I had tried several old glasses before, and some where fine but others not. My all time favorite lens is the Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 1:1.4 f=50mm. It is cheap, very sharp, stopped down to 2.8 and has a gorgeous swirly bokeh.<br><br>Speaking of Bokeh – in my opinion it is a very important factor when it comes to tele lenses and stopping them down. So my choice was the Carl Zeiss “Olympia” f2.8/180mm Sonnar with its 18 aperture blades, giving you creamy bokeh stopped all the way down.<br><br>It was possibly the most exclusive and expensive lens of that time. This lens had been developed by Carl Zeiss for the Olympic Games 1936 for a 35mm rangefinder camera and C
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