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35/4 Zeiss Distagon for Contarex


35/4 Distagon in chrome.

The 35/4 Distagon was one of the lenses introduced with the Contarex system. It was considerably slower than the offerings of most of the competitors systems at the time. Although a 35/2 Distagon was offered in 1965, they never filled the gap with a 35/2.8 like the competition.

The Zeiss product code for the lens is 11.2403 for the earlier chrome version and 11.2413 for the later black blitz version.

Years produced

Quantity producedBlack or chrome Angle of view Elements/groups Filter size

1958-1973

6633Black or chrome63 degrees8/7B56 and S49