The telephoto lenses
The following telephoto or long focal length lenses have been tested, some by taking test pictures in Hitchin and others elsewhere:
120mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena MC Biometar
140-280mm f/5.6 Joseph Schneider MC Variogon at 140mm
150mm f/2.8 Arsenal Kaleinar 3B
150mm f/4 Joseph Schneider MC Tele-Xenar
75-150mm f/4.5 Joseph Schneider MC Variogon at 150mm
180mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena MC Sonnar
250mm f/3.5 Arsenal Jupiter-36B (non-MC, manufactured in 1980)
250mm f/5.6 Joseph Schneider MC Tele-Xenar
140-280mm f/5.6 Joseph Schneider MC Variogon at 280mm
300mm f/4 Carl Zeiss Jena MC Sonnar
300mm Kilfitt Pan-Tele Kilar
500mm f/5.6 MC Pentacon
500mm f/5.6 Arsat APO lens
500mm f/5.6 Rubinar mirror lens
500mm f/8 Rubinar mirror lens
600mm Arsenal 3M-3B mirror lens
1000mm Zeiss Spiegelobjektiv (Mirror lens)
plus, for comparison purposes, the 250mm f/5.6 Carl Zeiss Oberkochen Sonnar in Hasselblad mount.
Some of these lenses, plus some of the standard lenses, were also tested and compared when used with a 2× converter.
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