3 days with Ikon + 50/1.5 + 21/4.5

You are correct - I can't - but they actually did not (I guess I have to work on my social skills 😀) tell me much (and in particular not WHEN). I got to know a tiny bit (well, it was physically quite a large bit :angel🙂 - I think there will be new products in several categories. I would (and may) have to got to Photokina myself to see.

NEX7 and the Zeiss lens is tempting but a pricey combination. And I want to see more than one really good lens before I would buy. In particular in wide angle.

I will certainly wait till Photokine with any digital purchase - and if my hopes will not be fulfilled than I may simply order the GXR with M-mount AND borrow a few lenses from Zeiss again and print a few 16x20" and see whether I like them or not. With M-mount lenses one has more freedom among the digital systems.
 
Concerning the shutter sound I should probably add, that I am not using actively any SLR although I do have an old DSLR and my wife shoots Minolta 7. In other words rest of my cameras have leaf shutters silent, so I am a bit spoilt in this regards. But indeed compared to these two SLRs the shutter of the ZI sounds a more metallic.

Yeah - it is nice to be able to borrow the lenses (although they mostly do that for their own colleagues as they would have to keep too many cameras and lenses for this purpose - remember I do not work for Photo division ), but it is a pity they do not borrow also the digital cameras they have - I could use an M9 for a weekend too :angel:
 
I'm not a 50mm person .. like at all, but I really can't part with the c-sonnar - although it would pay for a badly needed second M-body.
It's that good.

For the focus shift - I've seen a review regarding this issue on this lens somewhere and tried that adapted on a digital camera myself. I found the same: if you stop down from f/1.5 to f/2.8 the DOF increases mostly behind the focus point, so all you have to do is to set the focus to the nearest point that you want to be sharp at f/2.8 and not in the middle of the DOF and you should be fine.
That said, I find the lens is made for shooting peoples faces wide open.
 
So after ling time - the color films were scanned and processed. BW films have not been developed yet, please be patient 🙂

I will be adding more in the near future - you can find all my Zeiss Ikon Photographs in the Zeiss Ikon Set

So, here are a few:

Sonnar 50/1.5 @f/2, Fuji Velvia 50



Sonnar 50/1.5 @f/1.5, Fuji Velvia 50
If you follow the link you will get a full size 2700 api scan



Sonnar 50/1.5 (wide open), Ektar 100



C Biogon 21/4.5, Velvia 50 (this one needed quite some work, but the Coolsacan 5000 delivered good shadow detail)



Biogon 21/4.5, Velvia 50



Tele-Tessar 85/4, Ektar 100



Tele-Tessar 85/4 (wide open) Ektar 100, converted to BW



The BW may take some time as I will be on a vacation soon but I will have to develop afterwards as I will be doing some 'official' photos at my friends wedding (using Minolta Autocord and Mamiya 6).
 
Thanks for this, it has inspired me to order one and sell my collapsable Summicron and 50/2 Planar. I only need one lens since I only have one Leica, an M3, this will be the perfect combo once I suss out the wide open focus...
 
Love that 21/4.5

Rodinal 1:100 Stand; 400 Speed B&W film.

21-45-C-Biogon-at-5-6-M.jpg
 
Ciao Matus

hoping you will still post pics and impression about your future Zeiss Ikon, let me tell you I liked most the roof panorama of that town. Let me say first that Iàm anyway biased toward the kind of architecture present in central and northern Europe and although I'm not much into it I like it more than usual just because it "talks" to me of a different Country and culture.

I'd like to suggest you to try the new Portra 160 (or the 400 which is a bit more contrasty) and know your opinion about that.

Actually, despite the Ektar 100 should be the finest film, for some reason, I find more appealing the Portra, in 160 sensitivity. Also local scanning proved to be somehow more pleasant to the eye or generically better, but I couldn't find any real explaination about that. Simply put, the 160 is the best film I've ever used since I shoot, no matter if b/w, color or slide.

Next time you might have with you the Ikon with the 25 or the 35 which are two of the most meaningful lenses for such a camera. Owning - and being my best lens ever - the ZF 100, I hope there will be a bit longer lenses (135 / 150 / 180 / 200 as Zeiss likes ) because I realized in terms of detail and colour rendition how much better they are compared to anything else. Who knows... at times dreams come true!

Thanks again for posting. Keep in touch.
 
just when I thought my photography equipment addiction buying syndrome had been cured, Matus, your wonderful thread here has changed that. I had before a ZI owned, and, stupidly I sold it for something I'm sure I no longer have 😀 Now to save up for a ZI and ZM lens.
 
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