Based in East-Germany.

I sold my modern lenses and replaced them with vintage glass. I am particularly fascinated by lenses from the former GDR, made by Carl Zeiss Jena, Meyer-Optik Görlitz and Pentacon — but also by older Soviet and West German lenses.

Most photographs are shot with adapted manual-focus lenses on a Nikon Z6.

Lens albums

Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Variogon 1:4/80–240mm (1969/70)

Pentacon 4/200mm

Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1,8/50mm (non-radioactive, 1970s)

KMZ Jupiter-3 1,5/50mm (1955)

LZOS Jupiter-9 2/85mm (1988)

Carl Zeiss Jena Prakticar Sonnar 3,5/135mm (early 1980s)

Helios-44M-4 2/58mm (1986)

Pentacon 2,8/29mm

Former lenses

Carl Zeiss Jena Vario-Prakticar (Vario-Pancolar) 2,7–3,5/35–70mm — sold

Carl Zeiss Jena Vario-Sonnar 4/80–200mm (late 1980s) — destroyed in a motorcycle accident

ZOMZ Mir-1 "Grand Prix" Brussels 2,8/37mm (1966) — sold

Pentacon Prakticar 4–5.6/70–210mm (1980s) — sold

Other albums

This is ... Tom Koschka

Street photography with vintage lenses

Brandenburg

Animals

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