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p.1 #1 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

I have had my eye on this lens for a while. The MTF's were some of the best I had ever seen. So, I finally got one. Below are the MTF's and a couple of images, one macro one not. Both images were shot at f4 (I think ... could have bee 2.8 or 5.6). The wind was blowing so the macro shot has some movement blur. Both images processed just a tad in DPP.

Edited by jonboring on May 29, 2007 at 12:24 PM GMT

May 29, 2007 at 05:22 PM

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p.1 #2 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

macro

May 29, 2007 at 05:22 PM

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p.1 #3 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

non macro

May 29, 2007 at 05:23 PM

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p.1 #4 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

another

May 29, 2007 at 07:38 PM

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p.1 #5 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

Jon, you really need to update your lens profile because this one is a keeper

. It will not disappoint you too if you use it as portrait lens. The bokeh is smooth and beautiful, as you can see from the MTFs that how close those two lines are.

May 29, 2007 at 08:00 PM

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p.1 #6 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

LeSong - I owe you to thanks for this lens! Son posted an email some time back about the lens and your experience with it so I checked out the MTF's and noticed they were extraordinary. And yes I was thinking it would be a great portrait lens to.

May 29, 2007 at 08:09 PM

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p.1 #7 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

I had this lens left over from pre-digital. It sat in a cupboard for about 7 years while I was using Nikon. So it was one of the first lenses I used when I switched to 5D. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. That's when I started selling my MF gear. I know my 5D/Makro-Planar combination will blow me away every time I use it. Fantastic portrait lens if you want to see the raw truth. Probably my second desert island lens after the CZ 35 F1.4.

May 29, 2007 at 09:06 PM

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p.1 #8 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

jonboring wrote:
LeSong - I owe you to thanks for this lens! Son posted an email some time back about the lens and your experience with it so I checked out the MTF's and noticed they were extraordinary. And yes I was thinking it would be a great portrait lens to.

You are welcome, Jon. It is really a good time to pick one up considering the rock bottom price. I paid over $1000 for my first copy a couple of years back

May 29, 2007 at 09:16 PM

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p.1 #9 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

f2.8, focus point at 2nd to the last black squiggly line on beak. beak is 2" long

May 29, 2007 at 11:55 PM

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p.1 #10 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

f2.8, the flower 1/2" wide

May 29, 2007 at 11:57 PM

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p.1 #11 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

2.8, cactus is about 18" high

May 30, 2007 at 12:18 AM

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p.1 #12 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

more coconuts, not the greatest composition but shows how sharp the lens is

May 30, 2007 at 12:20 AM

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p.1 #13 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

The CY Planar 100/2.0 also has sag/tan MTF's that very closely follow eachother. Everyone I know who uses either reports of their superb qualities.

May 30, 2007 at 02:38 AM

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p.1 #14 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

...which makes the forthcoming ZF 100 f2 makro look quite interesting. Could it combine the best of both its 100mm predecessors?

May 30, 2007 at 07:33 AM

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p.1 #15 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

Here's the CY 100 Makro in action. I cheated by comping a series of focus bracketed shots to get bokeh plus increased DoF:

This image is copyrighted by the owner

full rez: http://cyberphotographer.com/5D/iguana_comp.jpg

May 30, 2007 at 10:01 AM

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p.1 #16 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

That's one of the ugliest most beautiful pictures I've ever seen, Richard.

Nicely done! And if I might ask, what's a decent price for a C/Y 100/2.8 Makro? They run anywhere from $700 to $1000 in Korea, which is most likely a bit expensive.

Edit: Also, I've been thinking of picking up a macro lens recently for flowers and such. I've been looking at what Zeiss has to offer, but have found very few opinions on how the 60 makro, 60 makro-c, and 100 makro compare quality-wise. It's not absolutely necessary to go 1:1, but size is a factor; I'd like to have a macro as kind of a go everywhere lens and thus want it to be as unnoticeable as possible in the camera bag. I'm thinking the 60 makro is the one for me, but how does the compact version compare quality-wise?

Edited by StevenPA on May 30, 2007 at 07:23 PM GMT

May 30, 2007 at 10:07 AM

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p.1 #17 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

Haha - lucky the sun was out because my hand was quaking in the presence of his majesty. Kind of him to give me 10 seconds of his valuable time ;) Actually he got quite friendly as I kept dropping cherry tomatos on the deck for him. He was a big fat bugger about 3 foot long with great pointy toes, but he moved fast for those tomatos. My beloved made the mistake of painting her toenails red and from then on he kept going for them and she would jump on a chair and squeal, to my great enjoyment. It was sort of him and me against her in the end. We had an understanding. But there's no question that we were there with his permission, not the other way round.

I bought my Makro-Planar new in the late 90's for a studio job. Paid full UK retail: £1100. I bought a used one for about £500-600 a year ago. Now you should do better.

Edited by brainiac on May 30, 2007 at 10:25 AM GMT

May 30, 2007 at 10:19 AM

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p.1 #18 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

Brainiac - What adapter did u use??

How does the CZ Macro-Sonnar N compare??

Martin

May 30, 2007 at 10:23 AM

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p.1 #19 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

It would've been a Fotodiox or a Huppert.

I haven't used the Makro Sonnar.

Edited by brainiac on May 30, 2007 at 03:41 PM GMT

May 30, 2007 at 10:35 AM

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p.1 #20 · 5D + CZ CY 100 2.8 Makro Planar

I wonder how this lens compares to the legendary Leica 100mm macro. Anyone have any opinions, LeSong I think you have had that lens too.

May 30, 2007 at 01:42 PM

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