Zenitar is a series of Soviet

Soviet Union

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/Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n prime lens

Prime lens

In film and photography, a prime lens is either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens, or it is the primary lens in a combination lens system....

es. They were developed and are currently produced by JSC

Joint stock company

A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...

 S. A. Zverev Krasnogorskiy Mekhanicheskiy Zavod

Krasnogorskiy Zavod

Krasnogorskiy zavod im. S. A. Zvereva is a Russian factory in Krasnogorsk near Moscow which specializes in optical technology.During the Soviet period it was called Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works...

 (KMZ). The series is most commonly known for the 1:2.8 16 mm fisheye lens

Fisheye lens

In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes in a broad, panoramic and hemispherical image. Originally developed for use in meteorology to study cloud formation and called "whole-sky lenses", fisheye lenses quickly became popular in general photography for their unique, distorted...

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The lenses can be used with cameras using the M42 lens mount

M42 lens mount

The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch...

 as well as with other mount systems using an adaptor ring. They can also be equipped with a Pentax K mount

Pentax K mount

The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...

 since the flange-film distance is identical.

• MC Zenitar-K/M/N 1:2.8 16 mm full-frame fisheye
• MC Zenitar-K/M 1:2.8 20 mm
• MC Zenitar-K 1:2.8 28 mm
• MC Zenitar-К 1:1.4 50 mm
• MC Zenitar-ME1 1:1.7/50 mm
• MC Zenitar-K/M 1:1.9 50 mm
• MC Zenitar-К/M 1:2.0 50 mm
• MC Zenitar-1K 1:1.4 85 mm
• MC APO
  Apochromat
  An apochromat, or apochromatic lens , is a photographic or other lens that has better correction of chromatic and spherical aberration than the much more common achromat lenses.-Explanation:...
  
   Telezenitar-M/K 1:2.8 135 mm telephoto
  Telephoto lens
  In photography and cinematography, a telephoto lens is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length. This is achieved by incorporating a special lens group known as a telephoto group that extends the light path to create a long-focus...
  
  
• MC APO Telezenitar-K/M 1:4.5 300 mm telephoto
• MC Variozenitar-K/M 1:2:8-3.5 25-45 mm zoom
  Zoom lens
  A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length can be varied, as opposed to a fixed focal length lens...
  
  
• MC Variozenitar 1:3.2-4.5 35-70 mm zoom
• MC Variozenitar-K 1:3.5-4.5 35-105 mm zoom
• MC Variozenitar-K 1:4.0 70-210 mm zoom

External links

• Notes on the MC Zenitar 16mm 2.8 fisheye lens for Canon EOS
• Krasnogorsky Zavod official site MC Zenitar-M 1:2.8 16 mm fisheye on Krasnogorsky Zavod official site Zenitar Lenses on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site MC Zenitar-ME1 1,7/50 on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site MC Zenitar 1:1:9 50 mm on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site MC Zenitar 2/50 on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site MC Variozenitar-K 2.8-3.5/25-45 on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site MC Zenitar-K 1.4/85 lenses on Krasnogorsky Zavod R&D Center site "Fish eyes" (Peleng and Zenitar) on iXBT.com