Bausch and Lomb Tessar series 1c

**Crombie** · 6-Mar-2017, 13:24

Thanks Ian.

It certainly seems the Tessar type was/is very popular and as you point out there's lots of options for me check-out.

Crombie

**valdormar** · 9-Mar-2017, 14:24

Just received this jewel in the post today. Any knowledge about this lens?
5x8 Bausch and Lomb ZEISS TESSAR Series 1c f/1.2

**Randy** · 9-Mar-2017, 15:33

What the hell...f/1.2? Did you photoshop that? I thought all the 1c's were f/4.5

**Louis Pacilla** · 9-Mar-2017, 15:46

Its a US scale & not F stop scale notice the missing f22 that's because it's marked in US scale so US 1.2 = f4.5. The Tessar Ic is f4.5 at it's widest aperture . Plenty of information on US, F stop, and other aperture scales here if you do a search.

**Louis Pacilla** · 9-Mar-2017, 15:51

Great little lens BTW. The "Eagles Eye" as they called it the days of old.

**valdormar** · 9-Mar-2017, 16:24

What threw me off was, I have other lenses with US scale, but they all have the "US-" mark just before the "1.2".

**lungovw** · 12-Mar-2017, 04:23

I just uploaded some info and image samples for Tessars. I have a few Ic and a IIb 360mm, this one with diameter of iris engraved in aperture ring (in mm).
https://apenasimagens.com/en/tessar-carl-zeiss-jena-en/

**Randy** · 12-Mar-2017, 08:20

Originally Posted by lungovw

I just uploaded some info and image samples for Tessars. I have a few Ic and a IIb 360mm, this one with diameter of iris engraved in aperture ring (in mm).
https://apenasimagens.com/en/tessar-carl-zeiss-jena-en/

Great write-up, thanks for posting.

**ScottPhotoCo** · 12-Mar-2017, 12:18

Originally Posted by lungovw

I just uploaded some info and image samples for Tessars. I have a few Ic and a IIb 360mm, this one with diameter of iris engraved in aperture ring (in mm).
https://apenasimagens.com/en/tessar-carl-zeiss-jena-en/

Very interesting and well written. Thank you for sharing.