Let's show some love to the old guys. The new "Z" versions are impressive, but the old guys are still kicking and screaming.

Planar 50f1.4

50/1.4

1st Planar 85 1.4
2nd Vario Sonnar 28-85

C/Y 25mm f:2.8 on 5D MkII

Nice idea, and great shots that show the quality of these old lenses.

CZ 21

^^^ excellent images. now I see why that 35-70 is sought after. wow

Planar 50/1.7 ... I love the wide open sharpness of this lens

Planar 100/2

Great stuff, the 100 f2 really is an amazing lens.

ziyadj wrote:
Great stuff, the 100 f2 really is an amazing lens.

Thanks. I love that lens .. I took with me the 24-70L and 85L for a wedding (very informal one, which caught me off guard). But ended up using the 24-70L on one body and the Planar 100/2 on the other mostly. Also swapping in the CZ35/.4 and Planar 50/1.7 as well. 100/2 my fav lens at the moment

Here are three with the CZ 85/f2.8

and one with the 28/f2.8 as well

Great idea! here are my 2 favorites -- sadly I no longer own any Zeiss glass. The first is with the 1.7/50, the 2nd is the 3.4/35-70.

Y/C Zeiss did Chile.

^^^ excellent set .. what lens did u use?

Zeiss 80-200 f4

Brilliant shots, toothwalker! I really like the ones from Easter island.

philber wrote:
Brilliant shots, toothwalker! I really like the ones from Easter island.

Yep, seriously nice stuff, toothwalker! Except what's up with the sun in the one pic?

Toothwalker, I love the third to the last. Just brilliant. It reminds me of a Lawren Harris (probably the most famous Canadian painter) painting.

philber wrote:
Brilliant shots, toothwalker! I really like the ones from Easter island.

Thanks philber.

StevenPA wrote:
Yep, seriously nice stuff, toothwalker! Except what's up with the sun in the one pic?


Hi hi - that's not the sun but a flower.

Steve Spencer wrote:
Toothwalker, I love the third to the last. Just brilliant. It reminds me of a Lawren Harris (probably the most famous Canadian painter) painting.

Thank you Steve. Shame on me, I don't know Lawren Harris. But of course I will Google him now. There is an enormous contrast between the northern highlands and Patagonia in the South. You seem to prefer the South.

teh_rebel wrote:
^^^ excellent set .. what lens did u use?

Is that a question for me? I don't think that it is very important, but I am glad that you asked because it made me discover that one image was non-Zeiss (replaced now). Lenses are 21/2.8, 50/1.4, 85/2.8 and 100/2.