Contax 45mm f2 Carl Zeiss Planar T* for G1/2 35mm Primes
Contax 45mm f2 Carl Zeiss Planar T* for G1/2 35mm Primes
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[Jul 24, 2000]
Cing-Dao Kan
Intermediate
Strength:
Excellent performance in all respects.
Weakness:
None The is one of the best performance lenses in 35mm format. The best in value. Customer Service None Similar Products Used: Nikkor lenses and Leica M lenses |
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[Jan 04, 2000]
Kunuk
Expert
Model Reviewed:
45mm f2 Carl Zeiss Planar T* for G1/2
Strength:
Extremely High Quality!
Weakness:
No! The best lens ever to make "mediumformat" pictures with a 35mm camera. It's quality is allready legendary! A really good finest-details lens. The best value of quality/price in history. Customer Service Haven't been nessesary! Similar Products Used: Nikkor 1,8/50+1,4/50 |
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[Sep 08, 2000]
Dennis Goldstein
Intermediate
Strength:
Build quality; bokeh; image quality
Weakness:
None This lens is superb. Contrast, color, sharpness, you name it. If anyone finds a better lens, let me know. Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: Minolta; several others |
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[Sep 14, 2000]
Kelvin Lee
Intermediate
Strength:
sharp, saturated images
Weakness:
slightly noisy autofocus mechanism Excellent lens. You have to try it out. Customer Service none needed Similar Products Used: None |
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[Nov 02, 2000]
Vish Vishvanath
Professional
Strength:
Sharpness and resolution at full aperture; high contrast of lens; amount of shadow detail present.
Weakness:
The autofocus moves the barrel in and out and this has an occasional tendency to drag dust and particles into the lens. And the Contax filters are overpriced. An excellent lens all-round. My main lens for this camera and used for head & shoulders portraits. It's light and compact and the lack of a mirror in the camera means the lens is easily designed for low distortion. Customer Service F-ing expensive and very slow for servicing. Not very hassle free. But then again, you'll probably never need it. Similar Products Used: None. |
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[Nov 19, 2000]
Ed B
Intermediate
Strength:
Very high quality!!
Weakness:
Much $$ Good but noe great for the $$ Similar Products Used: None |
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[Dec 11, 2000]
Jochen
Intermediate
Strength:
sharpness, contrast, saturation
Weakness:
none so far A great lense for the money. I got mine 2nd hand in mint condition, and it is a lot better than the regular Minolta lenses I have used. It is particularly forgiving in difficult light conditions (flare etc.). Customer Service not needed Similar Products Used: Minolta MD 1.4 and 1.7 50mm |
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[Jan 25, 2001]
Dave C
Expert
Strength:
Beautifully made, sharp, good contrast,
Weakness:
nothing major- wish it were 40mm One reads everywhere online the repeated phrases about how the G series lenses give medium format results from 35mm. I shoot with Fuji 6x7 and 6x9 rangefinders, and clearly the roll film is tighter, with better contrast, color and shadow detail. The three Zeiss lenses are very good, but I have gone to 16x20 compared to my EOSL lenses (70-200, 50, etc.)and don't notice any superiority either way. I wonder if it is the lab, or am I missing something? Do any of these people shoot medium format professionaly- or at all? I just don't buy the "same as medium format" statements repeated. Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: EOS50f1.0L, OM50f1.2 |
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[Jan 29, 2001]
Sinh Nguyen
Expert
Strength:
- Razor sharp
Weakness:
None This is a razor sharp lens. I have enlarged some images up to 16x20 and must say that integrity of the image was impressive. Now it's still a far second place to medium format, but none the less impressive. I cannot comment on color, as I shot only black and white. The lens does ooze quality like not other 35mm lens that I have used, puts my Nikon AF lenses to shame in fit and finish and makes my Sigma lenses seem Yugo-like. Customer Service None needed Similar Products Used: Nikon 50mm 1.8 |
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[Apr 22, 2001]
Henrik Rundgren
Expert
Strength:
SHARP as they come.
Weakness:
Might be prone to sucking in dust due to the construction? Superb lens . Similar Products Used: Contax 50mm1.7 and 1.4 |