{"id":217,"date":"2020-03-20T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2021-09-29T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:56:33","slug":"zeiss-tessar-lenses-in-parvo-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/zeiss-tessar-lenses-in-parvo-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeiss Tessar Lenses in Parvo mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we continue to find treasures that have been buried in our inventory for decades, we came across these two very interesting and unusual Zeiss Tessar lenses. The Zeiss Tessar was designed by Paul Randolph in 1902 for the Carl Zeiss company. The Tessar was innovative in its design that included four elements in three groups. The Tessar lenses became very popular because of their superior imaging quality and their flatness of field. These particular lenses include a Zeiss Tessar 5cm f3.5 and a Zeiss Tessar 10.2cm f4.5, both mounted for a Parvo Model L. The Parvo was one of the most popular cameras early motion picture cameras in Europe, and remains highly collectible today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zeiss Tessar 5cm lens in Parvo mount\" data-id=\"211\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Zeiss Tessar 5cm f3.5 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zeiss Tessar 5cm lens in Parvo mount\" data-id=\"214\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l10826-zeiss-tessar-5cm-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Zeiss Tessar 5cm f3.5 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zeiss Tessar 10.2cm lens in Parvo mount\" data-id=\"215\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10-2cm-parvo-mt-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Zeiss Tessar 10.2cm f4.5 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zeiss Tessar 10.2cm lens in Parvo mount\" data-id=\"216\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10-2cm-parvo-mt-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/l12022-zeiss-tessar-10.2cm-parvo-mt-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Zeiss Tessar 10.2cm f4.5 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue to find treasures that have 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The Zeiss Tessar was designed by Paul Randolph in 1902 for the Carl Zeiss company. 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