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The better performing lenses for the Pentacon 6 (or Exakta 66) are those made by Schneider. They are essentially the same lenses they produced for Rollei in the Pentacon 6 mount. In most cases these are better than the Zeiss lenses produced for Hassy and Rollei. These include:
80mm f2.8 Xenotar
150 f4.0 Tele-Xenar
60mm f3.5 Curtagon
250mm f5.6 Tele-Xenar
40mm f4.0 Curtagon
the Variogon zooms are also very good.
These can be hard to find. I used to have the 150 and 60mm lenses (regrettably, I sold them) and still have the 80mm.
A step down from these (but still desirable good performers) would be the Carl Zeiss Jena lenses referred to above. Note these lenses are not made by the "Carl Zeiss" normally discussed in this forum, but a different East German company founded to occupy and use the abandoned CZ factory in Jena, East Germany after WWII). With these I would stick to the "MC" (multi-coated) versions and as late a serial number as possible. These lenses would include:
50mm f4.0 MC Flektogon
180mm f2.8 MC Sonnar
120mm f2.8 MC Biometar (very hard to find in the "MC" version)
300mm f4.0 MC Sonnar
A good full-functioned tilt-shift would be the Hartblei 45mm f3.5 Super Rotator.
And if you want a fisheye, you really can't beat the price performance ratio of the Arsat 30mm fisheye (Hartblei and another brand may also sell this Ukranian produced lens).
It's a shame, but I still have most of these lenses sitting on shelves, no longer being used.
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