Angénieux Alfitar 90mm f/2.5
Angénieux · Alpa · 1960 · Long-focus (not a telephoto), 4 elements in 4 groups
Also known as: Angénieux Alfitar 90mm f/2.5 · P. Angenieux Paris Alfitar 90mm · Alfitar 2.5/90 Alpa · Angenieux 90mm f2.5 Alpa
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfitar 90mm f/2.5 | Alpa | 1960 | — | Unpublished |
- The 1960 date is this entry's inference from the lens it replaced and the bodies it appears with; The Lens DB gives no year.
How to tell them apart
- P. ANGÉNIEUX PARIS ALFITAR 1:2.5 f=90mm — a stop faster than the Tele-Xenar 90 it replaced; late examples in black paint
- Alfitar 90mm f/2.5: Four elements in four groups, 370 g, 52 mm filter, focus to 1 m; dial-set aperture (The Lens DB). Pignons' catalogue: 'a long focal lens, not a true telephoto lens … combines extreme definition with a large initial aperture' — it replaced the Schneider Tele-Xenar 90mm f/3.5. Chrome, later black.
Specifications
- Formula
- Long-focus (not a telephoto), 4 elements in 4 groups
- Construction
- 4 elements / 4 groups
- Aperture range
- f/2.5
- Min. focus
- 1 m
- Weight
- 370 g
- Years manufactured
- 1960
- Country
- France
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History
Angénieux’s Alfitar 90mm f/2.5 took over from Schneider’s Tele-Xenar 90mm f/3.5 as the Alpa’s portrait lens around the time of the 6c. It is, as Pignons’ catalogue took care to say, a long-focus lens rather than a true telephoto — its barrel is as long as its focal length — with four elements in four groups, a dial-set diaphragm, a 52 mm filter and a close focus of one metre, at 370 grams. Late examples are black. Production is unpublished and no review has been found; the lens is written about, if at all, as one of the things that makes a complete Alpa outfit so expensive.
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Example photos
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Live listings
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