Early Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f3.5 Lens M42 With Fungus - READ

An early Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f3.5 lens in only ‘fair’ condition.

There is some fungus behind the front element, and possibly on other elements. There is some oil on the diaphragm blades. There appears to be a missing switch for auto/manual control, so the diaphragm on this lens must be operated manually (if you plan to use this on an adaptor for another camera, then this isn’t a problem as you would only have manual control of the aperture anyway.

It is supplied with a rear cap, but no front cap.


sku 43

Details:


No scratches on the glass

No cleaning marks on the glass

Some fungus

Focus ring smooth in operation

Aperture ring smooth in operation

Some oil on blades

Diaphragm operating correctly

Filter ring not damaged




A note about dust:


Dust is everywhere in the environment, unless one lives in outer space. Occasionally new participants to photography believe that dust in a lens is a fault and question us about it. It is impossible to find a used lens without dust, and even new lenses have some dust. Dust is out of the photographic plane and simply will not affect a photograph. The only dust that will affect a photograph is that on a DSLR camera’s sensor which is in the photographic plane. Indeed, there will be some naturally occuring dust floating in the space between the lens and your camera’s sensor and this will not affect a photograph as it is 'averaged out'.


Dust is only a cosmetic issue and does not affect photographs. For this reason, we do not mention internal dust in a lens unless there is a lot of it, or if there is a large particle.


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