VERY Rare Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2.8/180mm Olympic Olympia Lens

VERY Rare Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2.8/180mm Olympic Olympia Lens. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.


I am sorry I am not sure which mount , it seems to me I use it with Canon M42. But really not sure



HISTORY

Years ago I bought this beast of a lens on Ebay (225€) because I wanted to have an old fast tele lens on a budget. I had tried several old glasses before, and some where fine but others not. My all time favorite lens is the Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 1:1.4 f=50mm. It is cheap, very sharp, stopped down to 2.8 and has a gorgeous swirly bokeh.

Speaking of Bokeh – in my opinion it is a very important factor when it comes to tele lenses and stopping them down. So my choice was the Carl Zeiss “Olympia” f2.8/180mm Sonnar with its 18 aperture blades, giving you creamy bokeh stopped all the way down.

It was possibly the most exclusive and expensive lens of that time. This lens had been developed by Carl Zeiss for the Olympic Games 1936 for a 35mm rangefinder camera and C