Telephoto lenses with the Pentacon Six Mount

Medium Format Lenses with the Pentacon Six Mount
A comparative test
by TRA

The telephoto lenses

The following telephoto or long focal length lenses were included in the test:

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
500mm f/5.6 MC Pentacon

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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