Hurry! 35/3.5 Planar for Contax

[Stephanie Brim]

Ack! NO! Now that you're back to the M's I've got a chance at finding a Canon 35 I can afford...

What? :angel:

William

Save one for me. The Jupiter-12 is nice, but I really do want that 35/1.8. 😀

 

[wlewisiii]

The Jupiter-12 is nice, but I really do want that 35/1.8. 😀

Bingo, Stephanie... 😀 Though I'll admit to wanting the 35/2.8 first because of the look I've seen in joe's work.

William

 

[darkkavenger]

wow a 35mm biometar!!!! *drools most disgustingly on his keyboard*

 

[Honu-Hugger]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7582915318
No one sniped it. ​

Doug, is that a rare lens? I thought a 35mm Zeiss lens would be a Distagon instead of a Planar.

R.J.

R.J.,
Sorry to have somehow missed this post earlier. Zeiss brought this Planar out in 1954 as a less expensive alternative to the Biogon. It is a Gauss type lens and much cheaper to manufacture than the Biogon design; the selling price was ~40% less but it never sold well, hence its scarcity. As with most collectibles quality takes a backseat to availability so the prices are high today -- for a lesser quality lens than the Biogon 🙂...so goes the collector market.