Home · Register · Join Upload & Sell

Moderated by: Fred Miranda
Username  

  New fredmiranda.com Mobile Site
  New Feature: SMS Notification alert
  New Feature: Buy & Sell Watchlist
  

FM Forums | Leica & Alternative Gear | Join Upload & Sell

1       2       3              11      
12
       end
  

Archive 2012 · Zeiss 15mm support group?

  
 
Grenache
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #1 · p.12 #1 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Rented this lovely piece of glass for a trip to Yosemite. It breathed new life into my old IR-converted 20D.

Lovely bauble, and sorry to see it go back.

Jim


Starry day by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr


Whisk by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr


Two is a crowd by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr



May 31, 2013 at 01:30 AM
tsdevine
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #2 · p.12 #2 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Beautiful Jim

Here are some from a couple of days ago. One cropped to 4/3rds and the other cropped slightly.

http://www.devine.us/img/s9/v91/p1701554331-5.jpg


http://www.devine.us/img/s8/v14/p1836191253-5.jpg


-Tim



May 31, 2013 at 05:01 AM
JaanOs
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #3 · p.12 #3 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Grenache wrote:
Rented this lovely piece of glass for a trip to Yosemite. It breathed new life into my old IR-converted 20D.


So no signs of heavy "hotspot" or are these corrected images? Oddly Voigtländer and Canon lenses are better than Zeiss for IR (except ZF-IR).



May 31, 2013 at 10:24 AM
rill
Offline

Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #4 · p.12 #4 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


tsdevine wrote:

Beautiful Jim

Here are some from a couple of days ago. One cropped to 4/3rds and the other cropped slightly.

http://www.devine.us/img/s9/v91/p1701554331-5.jpg


http://www.devine.us/img/s8/v14/p1836191253-5.jpg


-Tim


Those look very nice. Did you use the combo filter you put together?



May 31, 2013 at 07:35 PM
Grenache
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #5 · p.12 #5 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


JaanOs,
No correction here. Zeiss 15 has no hotspot at any aperture, even shooting into sun. Hands down, the cleanest IR images from any lens I have used.

Not much of a hot spot on Zeiss 35/1.4 either. Contax 85/1.4 and Leica 100 APO and 50/2 also clean.

Pretty large hot spot from Contax 50/1.4 and Zeiss 21/2.8 (sadly).

Jim



May 31, 2013 at 08:01 PM
tsdevine
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #6 · p.12 #6 · Zeiss 15mm support group?



Conditions were changing so much I was switching between a straight circular polarizer and the circular polarizer/ND combo. I honestly am not sure.

rill wrote:
Those look very nice. Did you use the combo filter you put together?



May 31, 2013 at 08:36 PM
JaanOs
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #7 · p.12 #7 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Thank you Jim, good to know
You probably talking about older 35/1.4 because 35/1.4 ZE has quite visible hotspot as most other "new" ones I have used.
135/2 was pleasant surprise for IR however, no hotspot, just specific darkening in sides (bit hard to correct with standard vignetting controls). Nice to know 15mm is as well "good and clear" without PP hassle for IR



Jun 01, 2013 at 01:33 AM
Grenache
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #8 · p.12 #8 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


My ZE 35 is clean. There is a small hot spot at around f/8, but easy to manage. Hot spot on my 21ZE is pretty rough though. Coating change? I believe that there was rumor of something like that to reduce fringing and flare. It does flare like crazy in vis light.


Jun 01, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Grenache
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #9 · p.12 #9 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Visible spectrum from Yosemite + 5D2. Fun lens.
Jim


Lake Effect by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr


Standing Proud by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr



Jun 04, 2013 at 09:32 AM
tsdevine
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #10 · p.12 #10 · Zeiss 15mm support group?



Love that sky Jim!

Shawnee Falls - Ricketts Glen State Park

http://www.devine.us/img/s8/v82/p1719114083-5.jpg


Shot with a 5D Mark II, cropped slightly...

-Tim



Jun 12, 2013 at 07:15 PM
rill
Offline

Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #11 · p.12 #11 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Just wanted to follow up...

I got the 15mm back from S.K Grimes and they did a great job removing the petals from the hood. I will need to get some black paint to cover where the petals were machined, but otherwise it's perfect. I called Singh Ray again, but they don't seem interested in making 95mm filters, so I got the Heliopan slim pol filter. It fits pretty far down into the lens, so it's a little fussy getting it off. There should be no problem holding my 100mm Lee and Singh Ray nd and grad nd filters to the front of the lens...

Labor was $50

Shipping with $3000 insurance was about $35-$40 each way

Hopefully, I'll have time to try it out soon...

Highly recommended

Bill



Jun 28, 2013 at 07:39 AM
B Landau
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #12 · p.12 #12 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Zeiss does offer the same service (although they did not send me pricing details). I got this reply after asking about whether they will sell a verson of the lens without the hood.

"Yes, we offer a modification of the Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZE/ZF.2 to a version without a lens shade. If you´d like to get your lens modified, please contact our representative in the US."

It sounded like they will only perform mods and not sell the base lens without the hood.




Jun 28, 2013 at 12:14 PM
rill
Offline

Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #13 · p.12 #13 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


I had read that they were thinking about offering something, but wasn't aware they had actually decided to do it. Additionally, I had heard the lens would have to be sent to Germany, so I decided to have it done here in the states... Given the lack of activity for this lens on the forums, I don't think very many have been sold. I doubt Zeiss is in any hurry to provide this service for such a small number of users wanting it done...


From what I can tell, S.K.Grimes has a very good reputation, and they did a great job on mine.



Jun 28, 2013 at 12:56 PM
B Landau
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #14 · p.12 #14 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Zeiss did send me a picture of the lens without the hood. It looks just like you would expect it would without the petals. The ring around the front element is black anodized metal.


Jun 29, 2013 at 12:12 AM
wiseguy010
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #15 · p.12 #15 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


B Landau wrote:
Zeiss did send me a picture of the lens without the hood. It looks just like you would expect it would without the petals. The ring around the front element is black anodized metal.


Is it possible to show the picture here?



Jun 29, 2013 at 03:34 PM
dreamplayer
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.12 #16 · p.12 #16 · Zeiss 15mm support group?



yarracity by vvnhy, on Flickr



Jul 01, 2013 at 04:44 AM
rji2goleez
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #17 · p.12 #17 · Zeiss 15mm support group?


Beautiful images on this page . . . every one of them.

Cross post from other threads but these are with the 15mm ZE





© Bob Israel 2013





© Bob Israel 2013




Jul 01, 2013 at 05:22 AM
tsdevine
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #18 · p.12 #18 · Zeiss 15mm support group?



^^^^^ Beautiful shots!!

Here's one cross posted as well...

Zeiss 15mm ZE - 8s @ f/11 (ISO 100) with a Marumi CP

Acadia National Park
http://www.devine.us/img/s10/v109/p1684054260-5.jpg


-Tim



Jul 11, 2013 at 11:57 AM
tsdevine
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.12 #19 · p.12 #19 · Zeiss 15mm support group?



I've found another "out of the box" solution for a ND/Polarizer combo for the ZE 15. Nisi makes a 95mm ND8 and polarizer combo filter which is insanely thin. The filter has no coatings but in my normal shooting conditions it seems to work well. I with other manufacturers would do this.

-Tim

tsdevine wrote:
I like using a CP/ND combo for waterfall photography. No matter how thin the two filters, I would get vignetting in the corners. Even with a combo of a Marumi Super DHG and B+W Slim ND, which were the thinnest 2 solutions I could find, I'd still get vignetting.

I sort of gave up for the winter as I don't shoot much, but now that spring is here I renewed my efforts. With the help of Schneider US, I had the glass removed from the slim ND in the hope that the thin retaining ring might allow me to mount the
...Show more




May 23, 2015 at 07:25 AM
1       2       3              11      
12
       end




FM Forums | Leica & Alternative Gear | Join Upload & Sell

1       2       3              11      
12
       end
    
 

You are not logged in. Login or Register

Username       Or Reset password



This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.