Vintage 65mm tiltshift lens hartblei serial#
Vintage 65mm tiltshift lens hartblei series#

They all share the same mount Pentacon Six Breach Lock mount.

Now, why mention all these names together? Exacta (Exakta), Pentacon, Kiev, Hartblie, Arax? HARTBLEI | Tilt-Shift Lenses & Medium Format Cameras There are now two Ukraine/ Czechoslovakia assemblers (Arax and Hartblei) that reassembles the Kiev to match the spec of Pentacon Six.Īrax Photo | Upgraded russian medium format KIEV cameras, lenses, accessories. The Kiev is a direct copy, most of which left the factory without proper calibration or adjustments. The Pentacon Six is again copied by the Russian with the Kiev (KNEB) 60 system. This is a well known Pentacon Six with a notoriously unreliable body (mainly due to age and mis adjustment by East German folks). Polland is a good source to get cheap and mint copies. There are more and more such lenses in the market because of the opening up of market in Eastern European bloc used to be part of USSR. Pentacon Six Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, well documented by Trevor of UK:Ĩ0mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena Biometa (II or III MC) **ġ80mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar (MC or single coated) ** The Schneider lenses are not to be confused with the In the film era, this was a Rolls Royce system because of the Schneider lenses.

Vintage 65mm tiltshift lens hartblei series#

Schneider also makes the following series for Exacta 66:

Vintage 65mm tiltshift lens hartblei serial#

Those of you who owns the Rolleiflex 2.8F Xenotar, and the Super Angulon large format lenses know well how Schneider performs.Ĥ0mm F4 Curtagon * hard to find, maybe never entered serial productionĨ0mm F2.8 Xenotar (allegedly one of the best 80mm F2.8, if not the best) **ġ40-280 F5.6 Variogon (much cheaper than those with a Hasselbald badge, same!) The reason to own this system are the superb Schneider Lenses, top notched quality. The TTL prism finder allows the F stop and over (+) under (-) and (0) spot on exposure on the left scale. Unfortunately, the mirror does not return instantaneously after one shot, it only returns after the film advance. This camera is balanced for the tripot support under the mirror box. The film advance is easy at one single stroke for 120/220 frame. The adjustable back pressure plate keeps the film flat. The usage is the same as a large 135mm SLR, with high quality rubberized body. The Exacta 66 is a scaled up 135mm SLR designed to be used in the filed. But rather common in Hong Kong/China and Germany.

It is a robust, reliable system that resembles the Pentacon Six. The German Exacta 66 is a less well known medium format camera system.