Schneider Alpa-Xenar 75mm f/3.5
Schneider-Kreuznach · Alpa · 1952 · Tessar type, 4 elements in 3 groups
Also known as: Schneider Alpa-Xenar 75mm f/3.5 · Alpa Xenar 3.5/75 · Schneider-Kreuznach Alpa-Xenar 1:3.5/75 · Xenar 75mm Alpa
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpa-Xenar 75mm f/3.5 | Alpa | 1952 | — | 473 (a dealer's count from Pignons' records, via search; unconfirmed by any document reached) |
- The 473 is the one number anyone gives for this lens and it arrives second-hand; treat it as a dealer's figure until a document confirms it.
How to tell them apart
- ALPA-XENAR 1:3.5/75 — a Tessar-type four-element in a preset barrel
- One of the smallest Alpa telephotos
- Alpa-Xenar 75mm f/3.5: Preset diaphragm with fifteen blades, f/3.5–32, 155 g, focus to 0.46 m, 42 mm clamp-on hood, introduced 1952 (The Lens DB). A short portrait telephoto.
Specifications
- Formula
- Tessar type, 4 elements in 3 groups
- Construction
- 4 elements / 3 groups
- Aperture range
- f/3.5–f/32
- Min. focus
- 0.46 m
- Weight
- 155 g
- Years manufactured
- 1952
- Country
- Germany
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History
The Alpa-Xenar 75mm f/3.5 is a Tessar-type short telephoto from Schneider in the Alpa bayonet with a preset diaphragm, stopping to f/32 and focusing to about 48 centimetres. It appears in the Alnea-era catalogue as the portrait lens between the fifties and the 90s and 135s, and a dealer’s tally of the factory records puts the run at 473 — a figure carried here as single-source, since no document reached confirms it. No review has been found.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
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