Carl Zeiss Touit 12 mm f/ 2.8 Lens Volantino

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 f/8 - 500 mm

  

This new Mirotar

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 lens has been designed for the 

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 SLR Camera System. The design of this 

lens is fundamentally different from that of the 500
imm Mirotar

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 f/4.5 and the 600 mm Mirotar

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 f/5.6 

lenses currently included in the Zeiss range of 
camera lenses. 
The lens comprises three main components: an 
element with a mirror-coated back surface, acting 
as a Mangin mirror, a front group including a 
secondary mirror, and a correction system. The 
front group is used for focusing. 
The new initial aperture of f/8 and the new optical 
design made it possible to considerably reduce the 
volume and the weight of this lens compared with 
the current Mirotar

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 lenses. 

To allow the compensation of extreme temperature 
influences, no stop has been provided at the 

∞

 

setting. You can turn the lens through 360º and 
lock it in any position. This allows easy change from 
the vertical to the horizontal format. It is generally 
recommended to use the lens hood. For this, pull it 
out until it snaps in. 

Like its predecessors, the new Mirotar

®

 lens 

provides superb image quality. 

The new Carl Zeiss 500 mm Mirotar

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 f/8 lens is 

especially suitable for photographing subjects at 
long distances. Its main applications are in animal, 
landscape and sports photography.

Entrance pupil*:

Number of elements:

6

Position:

144.0 mm behind the first lens vertex

Number of groups:

4

Diameter:

74.1 mm

Max. aperture:

1:8

Exit pupil*:

Focal length:

500.0 mm

Position:

68.0 mm in front of the last lens vertex

Negative size:

24 x 36 mm

Diameter:

17.9 mm

Angular field 2w*:

4.9º

Position of principal planes*:

Spectral region:

visible spectrum

H:

1469.0 mm in front of the first lens vertex

Mount:

Contax/Yashica Mount

H'

447.0 mm in front of the last lens vertex

Filter connection:

screw-type, thread M 82 x 0.75

Back focal distance:

52.6 mm

Focusing range:

∞

 to 3.5 m

Distance between first

Weight:

approx. 802 g

and last lens vertex*:

100.0 mm

* at 

∞