Grenache wrote:
Burningheart, what constitutes a \"Zeiss ZF-IR lens\"? How does that differ from a ZF 85? Front element replaced with a filter? Or are you just saying that you used an IR filter with the ZF 85? If so, which filter? Looks like you got really dark skies. Did you use a far IR one?
Puzzled.
Jim
They are exactly the same lens, just a different coating to eliminate hot spots. On the 85 shot I used a Heliopan RG1000. On the 50 shot I used a B+W 093.
Lotusm50 wrote:
OK. Where did you get those? I wasn\'t aware that they ever became available, outside of a few prototypes. The last I checked there was no information on any potential release date.
shphoto-gmbh on ebay. If you search Zeiss IR you will find 3 listed. I have all three(25,50 and 85). I\'ve had mine for well over a year. They could be prototypes, came fully boxed and identified as IR version, the lens themselves are marked as IR. Everything was included as if it was a regular Zeiss ZF lens, except no hoods. I\'m not sure shphoto-gmbh got all the prototypes or they are getting zeiss to special make these, as from what I read Zeiss does do IR lens on special request only. I have only seen them available directly from this ebayseller.
Dec 14, 2009 at 12:42 AM
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