Re: Arsat 30mm lens Pentacon Mount

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:05 am +0100 17/11/00, Sebastian wrote:
>
>
>Hello, two days ago I borrow from my friend (Owner of Used Camera
>Shop) an Arsat 20mm, and now I try it, but can You tell me how about
>quality of pictures? Price is not high... so...
>What is Your opinion about Arsat lenses...
>
>best regards
>Sebastian


Am guessing that you are referring to a 35mm format lens also called 
an Arsat that is 20mm in focal length?  If so, then I have no 
experience of the lens, however the quality of Russian optics 
compares well with Japanese offerings and in some cases exceeds them 
in terms of build quality and resolution.

Remember that a lot of the Eastern bloc optics are actually made by 
Zeiss, that is, the half of the optics works which remained in the 
East after Germany was divided.  There were disputes some time ago 
about the use of the name Zeiss on Eastern bloc lenses. Lenses were 
named Zeiss Jena for a while and then simply Jena.

It is ironic that some lenses from the Eastern bloc costing hundreds 
of dollars rival those produced in the West costing thousands of 
dollars......

I have no doubt that the Arsat 30mm is a fine lens.

-- 
All the best,

              Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
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