Pictures taken with Zeiss glass

[jaredangle]

I have the ZE version (same lens but in Canon EOS mount). An excellent lens! I used in initially adapted to Sony (Sigma MC-11 adapter) and more recently to Leica SL (Urth AF adapter). Of course my variant, being in Canon mount requires an electronic adapter like these because it is necessary to control the aperture through the camera. I know the later tranche (the V2 models) of the ZF lenses also come equipped with electronic controls but unlike mine also has a manual aperture control ring.

This was one of the first shots I ever took with it. (On my way home from the camera store upon picking it up IIRC). The bokeh in the deep background looks a little "squirrely" but I have not noticed this tendency in other shots with it (see also the second shot which must have been taken a little later and exhibits bokeh that is everything most people might want. Zeiss glass has never failed to please me in terms of sharpness, contrast and color

City Bus Stop by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Sunny Day - Portrait by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

I love the second shot, I think that the lens will really shine at that distance as the focus throw gets longer.

 

[peterm1]

I love the second shot, I think that the lens will really shine at that distance as the focus throw gets longer.

Thank you Jared. Yes, I think it does shine as a shorter portrait lens. A few years ago, after I bought this lens I eventually, went on a Zeiss buying spree - mainly funded by selling other kit I had accumulated over the past 25 or 30 years. So many lenses, so little time! 🙂

PS Apologies I just realized that I misread your original post as being about the 50mm Makro Planar. My apologies. I have been looking at a 100mm f2 Makro (one is for sale locally and would enjoy getting it but I was tossing up between that and a Leica 50mm f2 Dual Range from 1960's and felt that was less likely to come up in future so on this occasion I deferred the Zeiss bought that one instead. The 100mm Zeiss is DEFINATELY still on the radar though.

 

[MarkWalberg]

Pole Farm - Byxbee Park, Palo Alto 2020
Hasselblad 500CM + Makro-Planar CF 120mm f/4 T*
Washi-120 W film :: ISO 6 @ f/5.6 @ 1/4 sec​

Enjoy!
G

I’ve walked there many times and thought “How could you get a good picture of this?” Well, you certainly got a good one Godfrey.