Carl Zeiss Jena MC and Silver | Lens Test

When I started to become interested in filming I didn't know the rabbit hole I would eventually fall into... For me its my little creative outlet and feeds a lot of facets, but hopefully provides some inspiration for others.

I hope the footage helps you determine on whether the lenses are interesting for you or not.

In this case I started to look into a lens set that would be interesting for. Well, I grew up in east Berlin. So why not go for the East German version of Zeiss lenses. The MC series is about as old as I am and rather clean in look. Sharp wide open, nice fall off and overall a rather neutral look.
But since I like some focus racking I was looking for a long focus throw. And with 300+ degrees we got that in a nice housing and a solid build.
The silver ones I was aiming for was bringing in more character. I mainly wanted the 35mm, to have a lens with a bit more flares and character I could use for some more fun stuff. Its that, but the 58mm really took the win on that one. Beautiful old lenses. Unfortunately the housing doesn't hold up in temps lower than -15C. Terrible still and that's not just the grease.

The PL conversion was necessary. shooting with L-mount cam, adapting to EF and then to m42 is terrible. way too much movement, in my opinion. But you do you ;)
With the conversion the connection is just rock solid and I surely enjoy shooting way more.

PL conversion in Hungary by Vintage Lens Lab
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Modding Parts:
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Shot on:
Panasonic s1 into BM Video Assist 5"
Carl Zeiss Jena MC and Silver
HDR ACES Grade


As always:
Enjoy the video and more importantly, get outside and have fun!
And of course, Questions?! Let me know in the comments :)

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