p.45 #2 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Well, I received my Contax 50/1.7 last week, and my ZF.2 28/2 today, and both are fantastic! I am looking forward to working with these lenses. Tomorrow: Spreewald!
p.45 #3 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I'd like to try the ZF.2 28/2 some day! I have the 50/1.7 (C/Y) and like it a lot! It's probably not the best 50 in the world but it's got the Zeiss color punch and that Zeiss subject separation thing people want to call "3D-ishness". It's fairly flat too and on a 7.5mm extension makes a nice close focusing rig - probably around 1:2 or so.
p.45 #5 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just started to play with this, ISCO Göttingen 50/1.9 from the 50's. Looks good and sharp in the center but first impressions is that corner sharpness is very very bad. But at least it gives a shallow DOF on a NEX. Usable with subjects quite centered that is...
p.45 #6 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
just got the ze 35/2. my 1ds2 has wacky metering with it's unsupported 'S' screen, ze35/2 seem to throw in another level of crazy between f2 and f4.
metering is off a bit on the 5d as well, especially at the f2-f2.8 end.
so far I find it difficult to nail focus at 40-50 feet out, but that's all me, not the lens.
I read about the vignetting, but had no idea it would be so strong. not that I'm knocking the lens, just didn't expect it.
p.45 #14 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
You'll enjoy the 139, especially at that price. It's a sweet little SLR with manual advance. In usage, mine is sadly neglected in favor of the modern Aria (which is even lighter). From the Contax SLR FAQ by Cees de Groot, here are select models and their weight in kilos, ordered by date:
p.45 #16 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I got tired of waiting for someone to release a small, well built, manual focused, large sensor camera with a great viewfinder. So I got myself an M8, again.
p.45 #20 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Makten wrote:
I got tired of waiting for someone to release a small, well built, manual focused, large sensor camera with a great viewfinder. So I got myself an M8, again.
