Where are all the ZM 21/4.5s?

[Snapper_uk]

I've been looking for get a s/h ZM 21mm f/4.5 Biogon for about a year now, but nothing has come up in the RFF Classifieds in the EU and nothing on ebay.

I've got some money from selling some Canon gear burning a hole in my pocket, so I want to get one soon. I could go new, but I have the CV 21/4 already and wanted to see if the Zeiss was a big step up or not.

So, is the ZM so good that no-one sells it once they have it, or just that there's not that many around in the first place?

 

[sebastel]

don't know - in my opinion it is that good, but ... lookup your PMs.

🙂

cheers,
s.

 

[bobbyrab]

I sold mine to Aperture in London a couple of weeks ago, it's probably sold already but give them a call.
It is a fantastic lens, but I recently tried the new Voigtlander 21/1.8, despite being so fast I didn't think it gave anything away to the Zeiss, which I did find limiting because of it's speed. I still haven't committed to the Voigtlander, waiting to see how my finances pan out first.
On my way to sell the Zeiss I fired of a last few frames with it, and seeing the results I did question what I'd done, a brilliant lens in such a small package, but the Voigtlander works on the M9 which the Zeiss doesn't, and it's so much more useful a speed, all be it considerably larger and heavier.

 

[Richard G]

Love mine. Can't imagine selling it. I don't mind it on the M9. And there the speed is much less of an issue.

 

[branki]

The biogon-C is great. It does everything well.
I thought about selling it a couple of times (I'm not a fanatic WA-shooter), but after a quick look at the negatives it produces (shot on a R4a, great combo) I decide not to every time.

 

[Bavaricus]

On my M8 it was my favourite lens. Tack sharp and plenty of contrast. CV 21/4 wasn't bad, but Zeiss wa better in anyway.

 

[awilder]

Defintely a big step up from the CV 21/4. I've owned both. The 21/4.5 is quite likely the sharpest lens in the ZM lineup.