Planar 50/1.4 - made by Zeiss and Rollei - M42 ?

[Hilo]

This lens shows up with QBM mount (Rolleiflex), but I would like to know if this lens was also made with a M42 mount.

Thanks, Michael

ps: I mean the early version lens for the Rolleiflexes, not the more recent 50/1.4 made for quite a few mounts.

 

[Fixcinater]

There are some eBay vendors who have converted it from QBM to M42. May be the easiest way to find one if that is what you are after.

 

[RSalles]

Hilo,

For what M42 camera would you try it? I have the Planar 50/1.4 for Contax C/Y mount and the QBM mount 50 1.8. The 1.4 goes with the Contax AX and the Canon MkII, the Planar 1.8 only goes to the MkII but hits the mirror farther then 3ms,

 

[Hilo]

Hilo,

For what M42 camera would you try it? I have the Planar 50/1.4 for Contax C/Y mount and the QBM mount 50 1.8. The 1.4 goes with the Contax AX and the Canon MkII, the Planar 1.8 only goes to the MkII but hits the mirror farther then 3ms,

I would use it with an adapter on my Minolta XD-s. I do the same with the Zeiss Ultron 50/1.8 (concave front element) and it works very well.

I see plenty M42 Zeiss or Rollei 50/1.8 Planars around, but not the 50/1.4 and just wonder if it exists . . .

Thanks for the replies !!

Michael

 

[ic-racer]

I would use it with an adapter on my Minolta XD-s.

The 50mm f/1.4 MD Rokkor-X was tested Dead Link Removed and performed well. I believe you could use that without an adapter.

 

[flavio81]

There are some eBay vendors who have converted it from QBM to M42. May be the easiest way to find one if that is what you are after.

Easier is to get a Pentax 50/1.4 in M42 mount, which is one of the finest lenses ever.

 

[Fixcinater]

Easier is to get a Pentax 50/1.4 in M42 mount, which is one of the finest lenses ever.

It is a fine lens to be sure but some may prefer the Zeiss which is entirely understandable.

 

[Hilo]

Yes, of course there are Rokkor, Takumar and other M42 50/1.4 lenses as well. I have used most of them and they're fine.

It is just that I like what the older generation lenses do and in particular the Zeiss Ultron 50/1.8 . . . I would like to make some prints from the Planar 50/1.4, just to understand better what Zeiss produced in those years.

 

[Brett Rogers]

I was only reading about the Planar lens last night in Ivor Matanle's book Collecting and Using Classic SLRs. Perhaps some may have been made in M42 mount for Zeiss Icarex TM?

 

[flavio81]

Yes, of course there are Rokkor, Takumar and other M42 50/1.4 lenses as well. I have used most of them and they're fine.

It is just that I like what the older generation lenses do and in particular the Zeiss Ultron 50/1.8 . . . I would like to make some prints from the Planar 50/1.4, just to understand better what Zeiss produced in those years.

Note that the "made by Rollei" planar 50/1.4 is quite unlike the famous 50/1.8 "Ultron" you mention, which in turn is unlike the '50s "Ultron" designs by Voigtlander.

 

[Hilo]

Here a link about some Planar history. Of course nothing about M42 mounts, but still interesting

http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/carl-zeiss-planar-history-part-2/