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 p.1 #4 · Flektogon, Distagon, my head is spinning | |
Flektogons are East German Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. The only Flektogons of note are the 35/2.4, the 20/2.8, and the 20/4. All three of these are in M42 mount, so you could use them on a Canon or Sony or Pentax, etc with an adapter. I have the 35/2.4 and it's an excellent performer and only cost ~$200.
The Distagons are generally newer and more expensive. There are the Contax/Yashica mount ones (somewhat older) and the currently-in-production Zeiss ZF/ZK/ZE lenses (Z for Zeiss and the other letter to represent the mount F=Nikon-F, E=CanonEOS, K=PentaxK, etc.). The Distagon 21/2.8 is legendary and the 35/1.4 is supposed to be nice as well. The 35/2 is currently being made while the 35/1.4 was in C/Y mount only.
85-135 lenses are usually Planars or Sonnars. The C/Y mount Sonnar 85/2.8 is high quality and pretty small as well. Sonnars are known for a particularly smooth bokeh. The 85/1.4 Planar is another quality lens.
If you want to go with Sony, you'll have access to ZA lenses (Sony-Alpha mount), which are considerably different than the other Zeiss lenses mentioned above. You get autofocus and all the other nice things. Here's a list of all the ZA lenses:
http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/42b1e57ea6944280c12572820048463e
Note that there is no ZA 21/2.8 or 35/2 yet... but there is a 85/1.4 and an excellent 135/1.8.
Unfortunately, if you want wide primes with auto-aperture control you'd be better off with Nikon or Canon.
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