Carl Zeiss Jena DDR ” Pancolar ” MC, 50mm F1.8.
The CZJ Pancolar 50mm F1.8, is a standard fast prime lens with a multilayer coating for 35-mm SLR cameras with the M42 screw mount. First year of production: 1969 / Last year of production: 1990
Specs: Focal 50mm | Aperture F1.8 to F22 | Blades 6 | Min. Focus 0,35mt ! Filter 49mm | Weight 220gr ! Length 55mm
Personal Evaluation: Mechanical Quality 4,50 | Optical Quality 4,75 | Usability 4,50 | Price 4 | Bokeh 4,50
*** The evaluations refer to the specimen in my hands, and also to the use of the relative adapter ***
Photos taken with lens. Manual focus with M42/NEX adapter mounted on camera.
My evaluation after some months it’s very positive, this lens it’s a very good lens, sharp like a razor and defined. Easy to use, dozens of photographic shots testify to the goodness and quality of this vintage lens. I like in particular bokeh it produce when stopped down (F4 – F2.8 and F1.8). I can recommend it, it has completely satisfied me. *** November 2022 *** I think I fell in love with this little vintage lens. I’m basically just using it. I am gratified by the photographic rendering, and the blur effect that I manage to obtain … By now 50% of my photographic sessions are made with the ” Pancolar – 50mm F1.8 “… I’m enthusiastic !
CZJ Pancolar 50mm F1.8 is a brand name of a series of optics produced by ” VEB Carl Zeiss Jena “, built on the double Gauss optical scheme like the Planar, but unlike the Planar it has an asymmetrical structure. The Zeiss Jena Pancolar was unanimously considered to be at least one step higher and therefore an object of desire by many photographers equipped with Exacta or Praktica and M42/Pentax mount cameras. The model MC (model I own) have the multilayer anti-reflection treatment or MULTICOATING, the previous ones only the mono layer coating treatment.
Phalaenopsis color mix, hybrid
Moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae.
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F11 – 1/60 – ISO 100 – External speedlight – Hood applied to lens – AWB auto. – Camera on tripod.
In house photo (Dark room) – Date: December 27, 2023
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Silene latifolia, Poir
White campion is a dioecious flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe.
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/80 – ISO 100 – Hood NOT applied to lens – AWB auto.
Very cloudy – Date: October 29, 2023
Location: Canonica d’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Colias croceus, Geoffroy
Clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites.
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/200 – ISO 200 – Hood applied to lens – AWB auto.
Sunny – Date: September 29, 2023
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Taccani, Power Plant
Historic Italian hydroelectric plant on the Adda river, generating clean energy since 1906
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/160 – ISO 100 – Hood applied to lens – AWB auto.
Sunny at sunset – Date: September 9, 2023
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Cytisus scoparius, L.
Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe.
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F5.6 – 1/640 – ISO 100 – Hood applied to lens – AWB auto.
Sunny – Date: April 3, 2023
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Knautia drymeja, Heuff.
Hungarian widow flower, is a herbaceous perennial plant species in the family Caprifoliaceae
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F5.6 – 1/320 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Slightly cloudy – Date: November 6, 2022
Location: Natural Park, “Val Brunone” – Berbenno (Bg) – Italy
Heliantus tuberosus, L.
Jerusalem artichoke, or topinambur is a species of sunflower native to central North America. It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.
Sony Alpha 6400 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/125 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Sunny – Date: October 16, 2022
Location: Palazzolo s/Oglio, “Parco Metelli” (Bs) – Italy
Iris pseudacorus, L.
The yellow flag, yellow iris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa.
Sony Alpha 6000 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/160 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Sunny – Date: May 10, 2022
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Verbena bonariensis, L.
Purpletop vervain, is a member of the verbena family cultivated as a flowering annual or herbaceous perennial plant.
Sony Alpha 6000 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F5.6 – 1/125 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Cloudy – Date: May 09, 2022
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Aesculus x carnea, Zeyh
Red horse-chestnut, is a medium-sized tree, an artificial hybrid between A. pavia (red buckeye) and A. hippocastanum (horse-chestnut).
Sony Alpha 6000 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F11 – 1/200 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Sunny – Date: May 01, 2022
Location: Caravaggio (Bg) – Italy
Ectophasia crassipennis, (?) Fabricius
Ectophasia crassipennis is a species of ‘parasitic flies’ of the family Tachinidae, subfamily Phasiinae.
Sony Alpha 6000 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F8 – 1/400 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Slightly cloudy – Date: April 25, 2022
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
Quercus rubra, L.
Northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae).
Sony Alpha 6000 – Carl Zeiss Jena “Pancolar” 50mm – F5.6 – 1/160 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.
Slightly cloudy – Date: April 25, 2022
Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy
