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p.1 #1 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Taken with a Contax 400mm f/4 N-AF Zeiss Tele-APO Tessar T* AF on 1DS3 @F/4.0

this is a partial image approx 20% cropped

May 20, 2009 at 03:36 AM

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p.1 #2 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

how heavy is that lens?

May 20, 2009 at 03:43 AM

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p.1 #3 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Very nice! Must be an expensive beast!

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May 20, 2009 at 04:57 AM

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p.1 #4 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Paul, the lens weighs in at 3580 g according to Zeiss.

Anden, less than the Canon DO and significantly sharper!

May 20, 2009 at 10:53 AM

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p.1 #5 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

andrew, can you show 100% crop?

May 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM

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p.1 #6 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

This is an unsharpened crop:

Jun 08, 2009 at 03:43 PM

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p.1 #7 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

oooohhhh.... sweet !!!

And how many of these were made.... ?
I can already feel the prices on these rising as I type this.

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:12 PM

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p.1 #8 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

I'm trying to decide if I should sell my 300/2.8 to get one of these rare babes.

Bad move or not? The 400 lens plus the cost of conversion will run about the same as a good quality used 300/2.8.

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #9 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

God above, I just bought one, why did I ever register on this forum...

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:45 PM

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p.1 #10 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

You can't buy a lens on just 2 pictures....
you have to see at least three pictures.......

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:48 PM

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p.1 #11 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

You mean a 100% crop doesn't count as a third? Nooo!

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:53 PM

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p.1 #12 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Okay....I'll give it 1/2 point....

really...that looks like an amazing lens.
I'm still debating whether I should get the Mamiya Apo 300/2.8....

I wish I could make a decision as fast as you...

Jun 08, 2009 at 06:57 PM

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p.1 #13 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Lust is a bad thing.

Buying an out of production expensive camera lens is a bad thing.

Paying someone a thousand dollars to take it apart sounds like a bad thing.

All three together sounds like a very bad thing.

So what am I waiting for ?

Jun 08, 2009 at 07:01 PM

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p.1 #14 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Here is a crop of the second image, again at F/4.0 hand held with a little sharpening

Edited on Jun 08, 2009 at 10:35 PM · View previous versions

Jun 08, 2009 at 10:16 PM

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p.1 #15 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Notice how nice the transition to OOF is...

Jun 08, 2009 at 10:17 PM

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p.1 #16 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

DocsPics wrote:
I'm trying to decide if I should sell my 300/2.8 to get one of these rare babes.

Bad move or not? The 400 lens plus the cost of conversion will run about the same as a good quality used 300/2.8.

Get em while they are cheap, you can buy a 300/2.8 anytime

Jun 08, 2009 at 10:19 PM

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p.1 #17 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Looks like the focus was slightly in front of the ducklings, or on the first ones elbow.
Well either way, in about three months time or so I'll have a few shots of my own to compare.

Oh, and that 100% crop completes the required three shots to buy a lens!

Jun 08, 2009 at 11:53 PM

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p.1 #18 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

I probably moved the lens while shooting hand held, I was using one shot AF BTW.

The lens is significantly sharper than my 400mm DO, it rivals my Canon 500mm for image quality with better bokeh. The AF is slower.

I will have more images to post soon.

Jun 09, 2009 at 03:54 AM

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p.1 #19 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

Keep em coming!

Jun 09, 2009 at 09:08 AM

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p.1 #20 · Contax 400mm F/4.0

This thread is going to cost me some seroius money.

Jun 09, 2009 at 03:25 PM

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