Kilfitt Zoomar Pan-Tele-Kilar 300mm F4 1:1 Macro Lens High Quality Telephoto

Impressive long range Kilfitt Pan-Tele-Kilar 4/300 telephoto/macro lens. Kilfitt was one of the best and most innovative German lens makers of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Every Kilfitt lens was tested before leaving the factory.   Film was not considered flat enough for accurate tests, so it was shot on glass plates -- two of them.  One plate went out with the lens, the other stayed at the factory for future comparisons if the lens was ever returned for repairs.   The lenses were bolted to a tripod head mounted in concrete in the basement of the Kilfitt factory.  If you are not impressed, you should be.  Mr. Kilfitt wanted to turn out quality lenses, and he did.

Kilfitt's and Zoomars are fine lenses of great precision and optical performance, but today they are hard to find   

With this lens, the inventor of macro photography, Kilfitt, has created a special highlight - a long-range, high-light intensity lens that can be adjusted to the macro range. It can be used for 35mm and 6x6 format. This was not the case before. At a focal length of 300 mm, the MDF is 1,8 m. There is an adjustment of the focusing range with fixation.