who owns a recent production zeiss ikon here?

#47! Well, actually it's on it's way... I ordered the ZI body and a 25mm Biogon from Germany. I should have them in 1-2 weeks. It's a LE body, but I don't know about the serial (don't care). The body is a Photokina sample, throughly checked and with warranty. I just can't wait!
 
#48.

Awaiting the lab results from my first couple of excursions with my ZI and 50mm Planar. These are some beautiful instruments.
 
#49

#49

Im in. Im in .. with a black one and a 'cron 35mm pre-ASPH.and I think getting a sonnar soon.
Im delightened having this camera, as tough as my M6.view finder is incredible!:D
 
Sadly I can´t join in now but I´ve a great Idea for the ZI club :-D

zeiss blue and much cooler than a Baseball cap! (if you guys are going to do this I´ll sell everything and join ZI club too!)

be proud of the DOT! (thou he´s wearing Leica on his nose he´s probably just using the lenses :-D )
 

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The 25 or the 28 (or the 21!)

The 25 or the 28 (or the 21!)

Charlie said:
Silver with the 28 mm. Still lusting in my heart for the 25/2.8.

Charlie
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I just read this whole thread, and I see that Charlie you did get the 25 that you wanted.

I am about to place an order for a ZI and I was going to get the 28 mainly because of the match to the finder. So I wanted to ask, now that you have both lenses, if you let's say... had to go on a month-long trip to "wherever" and could only bring one lens... (the 25 or 28), which would you take??????

I do already have the 25/2.8 in theory, but it's a ZF so in a way it doesn't count. But it does count. Does it count?
 
BLK body and SLVR lens...

BLK body and SLVR lens...

...also after reading... I'm considering getting a Silver lens for a Black body. Didn't someone mention that? Do you have a shot of that setup??? I'd love to see it.
 
dscottdavis said:
I just read this whole thread, and I see that Charlie you did get the 25 that you wanted.

I am about to place an order for a ZI and I was going to get the 28 mainly because of the match to the finder. So I wanted to ask, now that you have both lenses, if you let's say... had to go on a month-long trip to "wherever" and could only bring one lens... (the 25 or 28), which would you take??????

I do already have the 25/2.8 in theory, but it's a ZF so in a way it doesn't count. But it does count. Does it count?
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I've become a bigger fan of the 28. It's smaller and I just like that perspective better, probably because I used it a lot back when I was shooting for newspapers in the late 1970s, early 1980s.

Regards,

Charlie
 
dscottdavis said:
...also after reading... I'm considering getting a Silver lens for a Black body. Didn't someone mention that? Do you have a shot of that setup??? I'd love to see it.[/QUOTE

I use the silver 28 on my black M6. If I can find my wife's little digital camera this weekend I'll send a shot.

Charlie
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Just back from a 6 day tour of Beijing, China. I really love my silver ZI which performed flawlessly. I think this post makes me number 50?
 
I was thinking to order a black ZI and the C sonnar 50 mm... but I am not entirely sure after all the comments posted here...
I really ahve to stop reading reviews before buying something!
 
take a good look around at all the posts...m6, m7, zi, bessa...they all have a failure rate.
nothing is completely risk free but with new you get a warranty.
welcome to the forum.
joe
 
Thanks for the welcome Joe!
I have been lurking rff for a while, I was trying to push myself to take the big step in investing in a rangefinder. I went to the ZI because I cannot afford an M7, and I do not want to buy used stuff. One one thing troubles me about the ZI: the metering. I would have preferred something like the Olympus OM1 indicator, or the one on the Nikon D70. But I think that the ZI meter will be ok.

In your experience, taking into consideration that I would like to use the lens mostly wide open for street, will the focusing be a problem? I will probably have to focus at distant subjects more than often. Occasionally I will try some shallow DOF shots.
Thanks!
 
the meter is highly accurate even tho the readout is hard to see at times.

this camera has a very long base length so focus is very accurate.
if you have not used a rf before it will take a bit of time to adjust but nothing too arduous.
as for street shooting, many would suggest a wide angle, like a 28 or so, mid aperture and hyper focal distance shooting so shooting wide open would not be an issue.

joe
 
#51

I bought my ZI for the wide EBL; love it for many reasons. Have a 50mm Sonnar on the way from Japan. Have a roll of Neopan 1600 in process shot all with the 75mm Summilux (driving my desire for the wider EBL) - if any of the shots rise even slightly above my usual amateurish and trite norm I will post a few.
 
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