[rollei_list] Re: Planar HFT 1,8/50 and Rolleiflex SL35 E

  • From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:20:11 -0300

Evan:
          CZ Contax Yashica lenses data sheets still are in the CZ website:

http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/service/download_center/contax_yashica.html

Carlos

2014-06-28 17:35 GMT-03:00 Evan Dong <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Carlos,
>
> Thank You for sharing that link.  For me the only 35mm SLR link to any Zeiss
> optics would be my Contax-Yashica 35mmSLR system.
> Otherwise I 'm also shooting with my Contax645 system too.
> Too bad the Contax-Yashica product line is not represented as it was once on
> the Zeiss CLN magazine and website's archive.
>
> Evan
>
>
> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 4:01 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> Evan:
>           Ferdi is right. I reproduce this article at the end of one
> of my blog entry about the Rolleiflex SL35 system:
>
> http://rolleiflexsl35system.blogspot.com.ar/2011/06/rolleiflex-sl-35-system.html
>
> Carl Zeiss association with Yashica allowed CZ to have zoom lenses
> within their lenses line.
> Carl Zeiss started to deliver multicoated lenses to Rollei in 1972 but
> CZ did not mark these lenses as nulticoated, whilst Japanese lenses
> marked this feature with big letters or icons. Rollei created the term
> "High Fidelity Transfer", HFT to indicate the CZ lenses were
> multicoated too; this issue forced Carl Zeiss to create the symbol T*
> for their multicoated lenses, however they respected the HFT term for
> the Rollei lenses and it was used for the Rollei multicoating process
> too.(a CZ T* process adapted for a larger lenses production).
>
> Carlos
>
> 2014-06-28 14:31 GMT-03:00 Evan Dong <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Carlos,
>>
>> I knew up to a certain point of this joint venture, as my main source of
>> information came from Marc James Small "Zeiss Compendium"  .
>> I also learn a tad more form Jimmy Koh of Koh's Camera. He was one of the
>> many Singaporean technican that was involved in the Singapore factory.
>>
>> Now that you mention the source of the Zeiss Camera Lens News Magazine, I
>> would be interested in getting a PDF version of that monthly News
>> magazine.
>> When was this article published and in which month 7 year?
>>
>> Wasn't most of the technology purchased by Samsung in the mid to late
>> 1990's? I recall there was an infusion or outright purchase of Rollei &
>> Schneider for their technology....
>>
>> Had the Rolleiflex 35mm SLR been more reliable and available spare parts
>> were available, i would had purchase it. I been using my Contax 159MM and
>> Aria with my assortment of Zeiss optics by Contax-Yashica. 28.2.8MM,
>> 35mm1.4
>> AE, 35mm2.8 AE, 50mmF1.7AE, 50mmF1.4MM, 85mmF2.8AE, 85mmF1.4AE< and
>> 135mmF2.8MM. I have the 35-70mmF3.4MM zoom lens.....
>>
>>
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:05 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Evan:
>>                  Rollei and Carl Zeiss had a joint-venture to develop
>> the Rollei HFT lens multicoating process in the '70s and according an
>> official CZ article in the Camera Lens News Magazine, Rollei HFT and
>> Carl Zeiss T* multicoating are the same for practical purposes, HFT
>> was prepared to be produced quicker than T* due to the larger lens
>> production at the Rollei Optical Co in Singapore, CZ lenses
>> manufactured by Carl Zeiss for Rollei also used the "HFT" name for the
>> lens multicoating process despite CZ used its own T* process, to keep
>> the same name for the Rollei lenses. Rollei Optical Co had a very
>> modern factory in Singapore and they used the Schott glass like CZ and
>> Schneider for the lenses produced there; in fact, Rollei Optical
>> manufactured some lenses for Schneider. There are no practical
>> differences for lenses produced in Germany and Rollei Singapore.
>>
>> I also have some Rolleinar lenses made by Mamiya or under Mamiya
>> license for Rollei. Claus Prochnow thought these lenses were very
>> modern design by computer and as good as the CZ lenses in general
>> despite they were a cheaper lenses line.  I have a Rolleinar MC
>> (Mamiya multicosted) 3,5/21mm WA lens, excellent, but too wide
>> sometimes;I also have the Rollenar MC (Mamiya) 2.8 135mm, a superb
>> lens and a Rolleinar 1,4/55 MC (Mamiya), a very good lens too. My
>> Rolleinar MC 3,5/200mm is an excellent Tele and the zoom Rolleinar MC
>> 80-200mm (Tokina) is a good lens.
>>
>> Thank you for your comment
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-06-28 10:23 GMT-03:00 Evan Dong <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Carlos,
>>>
>>> Nice photos especially the color photos. I see the richness of the color
>>> and
>>> the sharpness of the lens. Love the original box for the SL35E, you
>>> simply
>>> don't see that too often nowadays.
>>>
>>> Nowadays the Rolleiflex QBM optics tend to be in the price range as the
>>> Contax Yashica offering. If are looking for additional lenses to add on,
>>> I
>>> would recommend looking for the 35mmF2.8 and the 85mmF2.8. These two are
>>> quite often available at decent prices.
>>>
>>> The 25mmF2.8, 85mmF1.4 tend to be more pricy and harder to find. On the
>>> Rangefinder Forum, there are several threads about these optics with
>>> images
>>> highlighting its performance. Adapters for Canon EOS Digital SLR are
>>> available too.
>>>
>>> Evan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 9:02 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> When my father liked photography in the '50s and '60s, he always had
>>> in his photographic suitcase the Rolleiflex 2.8C for B&W shots and a
>>> Voss Diax IIb or a Leica IIIc for color shots (BTW, sometimes he used
>>> the Rolleiflex for color shots and the 35mm cameras for B&W, but it
>>> was not the general rule). Last week-end I put in my bag a 3,5F for
>>> B&W shots and the Rolleiflex SL35 E for color shots, it was the first
>>> time I used the SL35 E and its Planar HFT 1,8/50 lens. Camera and lens
>>> worked fine (click on the upper arrows for a larger image):
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/14332263329/
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/14515472481/
>>>
>>> Carlos
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