who owns a recent production zeiss ikon here?

back alley said:
the more i use it the more i like it.

especially the lenses, they just feel so smooth in use. and of course the finder makes focusing so much easier.
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and thats why soon you may be able to add me to this list. As I go over my leica m7 thoughs and notice how hard it is to find a .58 which I need because of my glasses, and dont want to have two different framelines in the finder at once, and because its cheaper I keep looking back to the ikon....I really dislike that shutter readout though....sigh....cant have it all I guess
 
you mean the red light on the left?
i can't see it most times i look so now i put my finger in front of the window and i can see it fine. it's a bit of a pain for sure but it works.
but i normally just point the camera down and hit the ae lock button. works for me.
 
Me too.

Me too.

Silver Special Edition #10 and 50 Planar. Whole bunch of Leica & VC optics that see occasional use on the ZI.

Rick d.
 
I love it! I love it! I love it!!! what a spectacular system! I just can not stop loving it, just came back from street shoot, it was very very hot outside but can not stop enjoying it 🙂
P.S. got hold of summilux 50, I have to admit I did not like the build, expecialy apeture ring, not only it is soft but it has moves around! but anyway very sexy lens 🙂 I am becoming 50mm adict! 😀
 
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back alley said:
i can't keep track...

who else owns a zi here?

#1... joe
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I have a black one that I use with the Leica and CV lenses I already had.

I have a friend who's thinking of getting a nice RF and (with all due respect to my Leica M6TTL and my two CVs) I told him I think it is in many ways the best of the ones I have. Note: I do not have a Leica M7 or maybe I wouldn't say that. I bought the ZI because I wanted an M7 but didn't want to spend that much more money... till the Leica M8 comes out. But I digress....

I think the ZI is an improvement on the CVs. That super-smooth film advance! The quieter shutter. And the fact that you can move it from automatic to manual shutter speeds with just a continuous turn of the dial. That is a big improvement over having to push an extra button to unlock the dial.

Things I would improve: The shutter speed display seems to be hard for all of us to see. I wish it were on the right side of the viewfinder, where it seems like it would be more visible--often would be superimposed on something dark. Also, I like shooting with motors and rapid winders sometimes--actually a lot of the time. I do not expect to see this happen, because of where they put the wind mechanism, but if there were a "mark 2" of the ZI, maybe that could be addressed.

Of course, what I really expect is that Mr. K and Zeiss will bring out a DIGITAL version and that it will be the next generation ZI. If they were not planning this, then they would've made some provision for a motor drive, don't you think?
 
Then it's me. I have a black ZI with a 25/2,8 + 50/2,0 and a silver Voigtländer 50/2,5. - The black ZI look particularly elegant with this silver Voigtländer lense. You find a picture of it here: http://www.foto.no/diskusjon/images/215181.jpg - Or here: http://www.foto.no/diskusjon/images/219577.jpg

The camera works flawlessly, but I set the ISO at 100 for Kodak 160 VC to get the result that I want. The red ligth exposure values can be difficult to read at times, but it is still far more practical to work with than it's MF sister; the Hasselblad SWC905. Scanned and blown up the negs looks tiny and falls through compared to the MF variant. Although just as sharp and crispy, the small 135-system negs has far lower potential for enlargements compared to MF. For an MF guy, shooting with the ZI is like an old railway man, in full uniform playing with a model railway, size HO.

Not only me is struck by ZI's elegance. A friend of mine,- he has a university degree in 'design' - or something in that line; he finds my Canon 1Ds II just 'awfully vulgar', while he has nothing but praise for the ZI with the Voigtländer lense, which he thinks is just right for this camera... - I am in with the in-crowd...! Am I not?
 

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jano said:
Wow, Olsen, you bought the ZI viewfinder? 😱 I can't bring myself to pay that kind of dough for such a dinky little piece 🙁 What's it like???
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- My experience with a rangefinder camera is limited and thought that this ZI viewfinder was 'a must'. Sure, it is a rip off!

I lost it once, but found it again when visiting my neighbour. He was just shocked that this 'dinky little piece' costs about the same as a cheap colour television! It falls off if you don't do something to fasten it better. What I do is that I squeeze a wooden tooth pick in between the camera shoe and the viewfinder and break it off. Then it's put like glued.

Enclosed is my first picture taken with my CZ 50/2,0 (bought this 2.hand here in Norway - to sell a thing like that must be like devorcing Paris Hilton) - which draws very similar to the legendary Carl Zeiss 80 mm 2,8 for Hasselblad - possibly one of the best all-round lenses ever made. I have two examples of the latter; the FE and C-version. The CZ 50/2,0 is even crisper. So, Carl Zeiss has done a job improving these things. Not bad!

Enclosed is the first picture I took with this CZ 50/2,0. I am not genious scanning, and this is about the best I do, - but I find it very promising.

While the Voigtländer 50/2,5 Color Skopar draws children's faces 'flatter' and older people more flattering, the CZ 50/2,0 finds more color detail and more glow in the dark corners. Amazing lense!
 

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Olsen said:
(bought this 2.hand here in Norway - to sell a thing like that must be like devorcing Paris Hilton)
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That might be a good thing.. 'specially if you didn't sign a prenup 😀

Vlad.. yah, he means ZM, CZ is for Carl Zeiss, same thing *shrug*
 
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