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50/3.5 Zeiss Tessar for Exakta
An early 50/3.5 Zeiss Tessar, heavy chrome over brass.
A later 50/3.5 Zeiss Tessar with manual diaphragm in aluminum
barrel.
The 50/3.5 Zeiss Tessar with preset diaphragm.
One of the longest lived lenses for the Exakta line was the 50mm Zeiss
Tessar. Available initially with the camera in 1936, and appeared in a number of
variations.