sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
(didn't i post this article already? anyway ..)
due to a lucky twist of fate (please allow me to skip -boring- details), today i became the happy owner of a ZM T* biogon 2,8/25mm lens.
though i could only gather little experience yet, i can say - WOW! what a lens.
sharp, contrasty, smooth, homogenous. beside the 50mm summicron, probably the best lens i own. it's not "out of this world" though - there is a little bit of flare around light sources that happen to fall within the field of view - but less than with other lenses i own.
i'm veeeeery happy, even celebrating with some 'primitivo' (nice red wine from italy) and art pepper playing for me.
the only downside: now my (just few weeks old) 28mm ultron became "pretty vacant". (anyone interested?)
hee hee hee
broadly grinning
sebastian
due to a lucky twist of fate (please allow me to skip -boring- details), today i became the happy owner of a ZM T* biogon 2,8/25mm lens.
though i could only gather little experience yet, i can say - WOW! what a lens.
sharp, contrasty, smooth, homogenous. beside the 50mm summicron, probably the best lens i own. it's not "out of this world" though - there is a little bit of flare around light sources that happen to fall within the field of view - but less than with other lenses i own.
i'm veeeeery happy, even celebrating with some 'primitivo' (nice red wine from italy) and art pepper playing for me.
the only downside: now my (just few weeks old) 28mm ultron became "pretty vacant". (anyone interested?)
hee hee hee
broadly grinning
sebastian
Bromo33333
Established
Congratulations! Zeiss glass in wonderful!
You should post some of your pics!
You should post some of your pics!
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
sure ... as soon as i have taken pictures worth while showing ...
maybe my flare test is of interest?
maybe my flare test is of interest?
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sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
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RML
Guest
The same kind of flare happens with the Carl Zeiss T* 50/2 that I have.
LCT
ex-newbie
Sebastian, i guess you did not put filters on your lenses right?
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
no filters, of course!
LCT
ex-newbie
Sorry for the sacrilegious question!sebastel said:
danielnorton
Daniel Norton
Congratulations on you new lens. I have been having GAS over the ZM 25 ever since I saw I link to that giant arial shot. Since I've got the CV 28, which is a much nicer lens than I could have imagined, I decided to grab a CV 21 to give me a wider range of lenses. Are you using an external VF for the 25? if so, which one?
BTW,I have the ZM 50/2 and really love the tonality of the images it produces on the rd-1. Haven't had a chance to shoot a roll of film with it, but I can't wait to see the results.
BTW,I have the ZM 50/2 and really love the tonality of the images it produces on the rd-1. Haven't had a chance to shoot a roll of film with it, but I can't wait to see the results.
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Nachkebia
Well-known
I love my ZM lenses! can`t wait until I get 28mm ASPH to compair leica to zeiss
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
no need for sorry. using filters is not a sacrilege from my point of view - unless you look out for flare
i do not use an external finder - i get along with the 28mm setting in the RD-1 quite well.
sebastian
i do not use an external finder - i get along with the 28mm setting in the RD-1 quite well.
sebastian
sirvine
Established
I have this lens as well. No complaints from me. It's on my R-D1 all the time. Some examples: http://homepage.mac.com/soli/CHBday_Selects/content/index.html
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
my most recent addition to my homepage is shot with only the 25mm biogon:
http://www.sebastel.de/spain_06/
em .. please note, that the bad quality of some of those pics is my fault, not the lens'
http://www.sebastel.de/spain_06/
em .. please note, that the bad quality of some of those pics is my fault, not the lens'
CDT
Chris
Are those R-D1 shots or full frame sebastel?
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
all by R-D1, which is full frame APS-C format.
ZeissFan
Veteran
It's almost a shame to use this lens on a digital device with a 1.53x factor. Then it becomes an expensive and somewhat pedestrian 38mm focal length -- albeit a very good 38mm lens.
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CDT
Chris
Wouldn't it be a 32mm?