Birth of the Zeiss Ikon 85mm f/2.0 Sonnar?

Lars Menzel said:
My first shots with the new 2/85.
All with aperture 2.0 on my M8.

This are only testshots no good fotos you know ;-)

Lars F. Menzel
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What lens is hiding in the plastic wrapping in the first picture?
 
FanMan said:
perhaps you can post a picture of your M8 with this lens attached - would be interesting to see how it looks on the camera.

How is the handling of the lens?
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Here there are.

Handling is very smooth and solid.

Tomorrow i will test it in Dresden outside.

Lars F. Menzel
 

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haagen_dazs said:
whheee heee. that is some nice chuck of glass 🙂 it does have an odd shape.. like a cut off funnel
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🙂

Yes the shape is odd but it handles very fine and
i think this is for the floting elements.

You can really use it well in the near distance as you can see.

Lars F. Menzel
 
Looks so very cool! Can't wait for some outside photos ! In colour too, please!
So far it does look like a true Sonnar! Tasty!!!. Need to start saving money.
Mmmmmm. Wish I could get my hands on one too.
 
Xray,

Did you consider the Leica 75 APO Summicron asph? I recall that this lens did very well close up and was pretty well as good in this regard as the 85 sonnar according to Putz. Are you not a fan of the 75 FL or were there other reasons that you are waiting for the Sonnar rather than grabbing the available 75 apo cron? Those 75 'cron MTFs look astounding at F2 and if it is as sharp close up as it is supposed to be, sounds great (albeit beyond my budget). That 85 Sonnar looks a lot bigger than the 75 Cron too. Just curious! I have a 90 Elmarit M but tend not to shoot portraits so find this smaller not so fast lens plenty fast enought for me.

Rgds
 
It does seem to come down to the 75/2 or the 85/2 for me. I'm currently shooting with the Rollei 80/2.8, and like it thus far, but it seems that it is a little lacking when it comes to huge enlargements- time will tell, I'm finally really getting the hang of the Rollei- that is, settling into the d.o.f. and keeping my shutter speed high enough for it- talk about heavy.
 
Thi price is very high, both for the ZM 85 and 15, because these lenses are entirely designed and produced in Germany.
The other lenses of the range are designed in Germany, then the barrels and single gass elements are sended in Japan for the assembling.
Ciao.
 
FWIW, I noticed the price of the Zeiss 85/2 on web sellers in Japan is about 250,000 yen, which is currently US$2129.00 . The lens itself is not available, but the price listing is there. That price is consistent with the general 20% discount on Zeiss prices in Japan. Now, if only I can find a like new used one at the same 35-40% discount I got on the Biogon 25.

-jon
 
Turtle said:
Xray,

Did you consider the Leica 75 APO Summicron asph? I recall that this lens did very well close up and was pretty well as good in this regard as the 85 sonnar according to Putz. Are you not a fan of the 75 FL or were there other reasons that you are waiting for the Sonnar rather than grabbing the available 75 apo cron? Those 75 'cron MTFs look astounding at F2 and if it is as sharp close up as it is supposed to be, sounds great (albeit beyond my budget). That 85 Sonnar looks a lot bigger than the 75 Cron too. Just curious! I have a 90 Elmarit M but tend not to shoot portraits so find this smaller not so fast lens plenty fast enought for me.

Rgds
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I have a 75 summilux that I'm quite pleased with but the additional reach is needed at times. I do use the summilux quite often but like the 90/85 FL for some subjects. To me the 75 is just a little tighter gropped normal not a tele. Also the asph Leica glass seems a bit more harsh than the non asph. I'm also quite fond of my 25 Biogon, 35 Biogon and 50 Planar. If the Sonnar looks like the sonars that I have for my Hasselblads and follows the character of the other 35 Zeiss lenses then it's a real winner in my book. Another reason for not looking at the summicron 75 is the problems I've had with 4 recent Leica lenses. Unless something spectacular happens that I feel I want in Leica then I don't think I'll buy any more new or current leica lenses or bodies for that matter.
 
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