Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Tessar 50mm F/3.5 T Type 1

Where can this lens be adapted?

The M42 screw mount has a flange distance of 45.46 mm. A plain adapter fits a camera whose flange distance is at least 1.46 mm shorter. How lens adapters work

• Many M42 lenses close the aperture only when a pin at the rear is pressed. Use an adapter that presses the pin, or set the A/M switch to M.

• Sony EAdapter · 27.46 mm
• Canon RFAdapter · 25.46 mm
• Nikon ZAdapter · 29.46 mm
• Fujifilm XAdapter · 27.76 mm
• L-MountAdapter · 25.46 mm
• Micro Four ThirdsAdapter · 26.21 mm
• Fujifilm G (GFX)Adapter · 18.76 mm

  Covers full-frame: it can vignette on a medium format sensor.

• Canon EF-MAdapter · 27.46 mm
• Canon EFAdapter · 1.46 mm

  A rear element that sticks out can hit the camera mirror.

No plain adapter reaches infinity focus on: Nikon F.