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Hartblei is an international manufacturer of
optical Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...
equipment for
photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...
based in
Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
and
Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
. They are primarily known for producing tilt-shift lenses (Super-Rotator). In 2006 Hartblei started a collaboration with
Carl Zeiss AG Zeiss ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany, in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the foundation for today's ...
, adapting Zeiss lens designs for tilt-shift use.


Lenses

Using the unique Super-Rotator design, Hartblei tilt-shift lenses are capable of tilting in any axis, making it more flexible than other lenses such as the
Canon TS-E 90mm lens The Canon Inc., Canon TS-E 90 mm f/2.8 is a Tilt–shift photography#Perspective control lenses, tilt-shift, Telephoto lens, telephoto prime lens that provides the equivalent of the corresponding view camera front View camera#Movements, movemen ...
. Hartblei Super-Rotator lenses are 360° tilt-shift lenses. Some current versions of the Super-Rotator feature German-made
Zeiss Zeiss or Zeiß may refer to: People *Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), German optician and entrepreneur *Emil Zeiß (1833–1910), German Protestant minister and painter * Juan Pablo Zeiss (born 1989), Argentine rugby union player * Mary Zeiss Sta ...
optics. Hartblei optics (full frame format) * 35 mm 2.8 MC TS-PC Super-Rotator * 65 mm 3.5 MC TS-PC Super-Rotator * 80 mm 2.8 MC TS-PC Super-Rotator * 120 mm 2.8 MC TS-PC Super-Rotator Hartblei optics (medium format) * 45 mm 3.5 MC TS-PC Super-Rotator Hartblei "Optics by Carl Zeiss" (full frame format) * 40 mm 4 IF TS Super-Rotator * 80 mm 2,8 TS Super-Rotator * 120 mm 4 TS Macro Super-Rotator


See also

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Perspective correction lens Perspective may refer to: Vision and mathematics * Perspectivity, the formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point, and its modeling in geometry ** Perspective (graphical), representing the effects of visual persp ...
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Nikon F-mount The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35mm format single-lens reflex cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three-lug bayonet mount with a 44mm thro ...
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References


External links


Hartblei Ukraine site

Hartblei German site
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