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Carl Zeiss 21mm f4.5 Biogon

Carl Zeiss 21mm f4.5 Biogon

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Carl Zeiss 21mm f4.5 Biogon - Lens

Manual focus ultra wide angle prime lens for Contax/Kiev mount rangefinder cameras. Super corrected real wide angle lens! This lens is a true wide angle design unlike the later reverse telephoto designs. The lens was manufactured for only eight years between 1954-1961. Fully metal body in silver chrome finish.

  • Carl Zeiss 21mm f4.5 Biogon (8 elements, 5 groups)
  • Rotating flare shield
  • Minimum focus distance: 0.9m
  • Aperture blades: 8
  • Weight: 265g
Filter thread size for Carl Zeiss 21mm f4.5 Biogon: 40 5mm

Also includes: front cap, rear cap

SKU: T21278 / Barcode: KF6197

Contax/Kiev System

After Leica’s success with their 35mm rangefinder cameras, optical manufacturer Carl Zeiss wanted a piece of the pie. They introduced their Contax rangefinder in 1932, immediately making themselves the leaders in photographic technology in Germany.

The Contax rangefinders featured a combined rangefinder/viewfinder decades before Leica competitors, and also featured a vertical metal focal plane shutter decades before this would become standard. Contax rangefinders also feature a dual bayonet lens system with an internal and external bayonet for different focal lengths.

After World War II, the Soviet Union seized the Zeiss Ikon plants in Dresden as well as Leica factories. They began to produce their own versions of the popular Leica and Contax rangefinders with looser machining tolerances. The Contax rangefinders were replicated in Kiev, Ukraine.

Because of this, there are many Soviet lenses available for the system on top of offerings from German companies like Carl Zeiss, Hugo Meyer, Schneider-Kreuznach, and Voigtländer.


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