it has arrived :)

[rover]

A Sonnar will look really nice on an M3.

I am with Oscar, I have to know more. Does it work?

 

[Trius]

Post Brett, Post!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ray_g]

not a problem, Todd.. I expect to release it on dvd as soon as I work out the licensing agreement with Scorsese


details on the package contents will be released on January 18.. stay tuned for more information

Okay I am totally lost now. BTW, Jan 18 was 7 days ago?

 

[JoeFriday]

ray.. that was my poor attempt to allude to the ZF 'leak' on the Zeiss site

ok.. here's one pic

 

[JoeFriday]

here's one head-on

I shot a half roll of film with the combo earlier today.. I'll be heading to the one-hour photo lab in a few minutes to see the results

(oh, and that's the black lizard cover from cameraleather.com)

 

[ray_g]

Ah... the final solution thing. That was a long and painful thread on PN.

Oooh. Is it RF coupled?

 

[JoeFriday]

yep, it's RF coupled.. altho the Sonnar has extremely stiff focusing on the M3.. you don't notice that at all on a Contax because of the internal focusing helical.. and I really miss the focusing tab that my Summicron has

well, I'm off to the photo lab.. I'll upload the test shots when I get back

 

[ch1]

Ah... the final solution thing. That was a long and painful thread on PN.

Oooh. Is it RF coupled?

Heck, it was a long and painful thread here too! :bang:

 

[awilder]

Maybe I'm missing something here about the magic of a CZ 50/1.5 Sonnar, but wouldn't a LTM 50/1.4 Nikkor do as well or BETTER for a lot less aggrevation and far fewer bucks when you consider the cost of one of those adapters?

 

[rover]

The adaptor prices have fallen a little, I have seen a few sell recently in the $200 range.

The insight about the stiff focusing and missing the infinity lock are pretty pertinent I think. I too generally like the infinity locks on my lenses too.

 

[FrankS]

I use the incompatibility between the Zeiss Sonnar lenses and my screw and M bodies as a reason to have Kiev and Contax camera bodies. Variety is the spice of life, and indulging in this (camera) variety is easier on marriages than the other kind.

 

[JoeFriday]

alright.. here are the results of my 5 minute photo shoot today.. unfortunately, I managed to shoot nearly all the shots toward the minimum focusing distance.. but from what I can see so far, the RF-coupling is very good.. I'll have to do more testing toward infinity.. but so far I'm very happy

the scans were done on my Coolscan V with no ICE or sharpening.. nothing was done in PS except resizing

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Looks like the focus is spot on, I wanted one of these for my sonnar before I sold it and my IIa but at the time they were "cost prohibtive" 🙂.

Todd

 

[ch1]

Very sharp indeed - I like those pine needles!

Hey, do you still use that "chimney" smoker. We gave ours away - found out it was too hot for "smokin'"

 

[JoeFriday]

I use the smoker just a few times a year.. never for smoking, tho.. just for grilling steaks, chicken, etc.. it was a lot cheaper than a Weber and didn't have time to shop around when I bought it.. works fairly well, but yeah you gotta be careful cuz they can get really hot

 

[ywenz]

my two week wait is over!

the envelope arrived?

 

[dcsang]

By the looks of the pics.. yep.. that's Wisconsin alright 😀

Dave

 

[jan normandale]

Somebody's been taking lessons from Jon Goodman!

miles off topic Kim but you are right about that. BTW I love your new ikon.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Well, Brett... congratulations! And by the way, that M3 of yours looks positively beautiful.

<Clicks on the "Post Quick Reply" feeling LIKE THIS with envy...>

 

[Paulbe]

Hey Brett---thanks for posting! Looks cold up there--That is one cool M3 and the serial number is neat!
Paul