Focal length: 45mm
Mount: M39 Paxette (see last paragraph)
Aperture: F 2.8 - F 16
Min focus distance: 0.95m
Length (from flange): 21/24mm [+ 25mm for the
adapters]
Diameter: 46mm
Weight: 75gr.
Some pictures:
A7 and the lens.
Sample pictures: ISO 320.
You may click
on the sample image (except closest focus) for full resolution. The
full resolution image opens in a new window, so you can keep it open
for comparison. Focus is on the
satellite
dish to the right of the big solar panel near the center of the photo.
F 2.8.
F 8.
F 16.
Closest focus is 0.80m from
outermost
edge of the lens. Focus on
the program wheel of the camera.
This old
lens
was sold for Braun Paxette cameras as a later standard lens. This is
the second version of the Staeble Kata, slightly bigger and heavier;
obviously a completely different lens design, as it has no
protruding back lens. Wide open
it's a bit soft. Stopped down it's fine. At F16 you can see what it is
capable of. It's
astonishing, how short and light it is, even if you add the adapters. A
nice very small lens.
The M39 Paxette Mount is the same thread as ordinary M39 (Leica), but
a different flange focal distance. Please refer to the Paxette
lens page.
