Zeiss 85mm/1.4 with Olympus EP-2

[raid]

I bought into digital cameras mainly so that I could again use my SLR Zeiss lenses for the unreliable Rollei SL35 system. My favorite lens is the Zeiss 85/1.4. After many years of using it with film and the SL35, the aperture stopped changing, and after sending it to Eddy Smolov and then to DAG, I admitted to myself that the lens cannot be repaired. It was meant to be used wide open then.

I then got an Olympus EP-2 Micro 4/3 camera, and the 85mm lens was nearly always attached to the EP-2. It gives a 170mm crop with the depth of filed of a 85/1.4 wide open. The EP-2 allows a 10x magnification for focusing, which is essential with a 85/1.4 used wide open.

In a recent family trip to Canada, I used this lens again. Here are some snapshot exampes that I took. I have many more.

1. Montreal street concert at night

2. Montreal

3. Montreal

4. Montreal

 

[scottsa]

Nice to have such a wide aperture in low-light with moving subjects.

What ISO and shutter speed were you running?

 

[Michael Markey]

Nice shots , Raid.
I have a copy of this lens in Contax/Yashica mount.
Never thought of a micro 4/3 application.

 

[raid]

Nice to have such a wide aperture in low-light with moving subjects.

What ISO and shutter speed were you running?

I used ISO 800 for the concert photos, andZi used ISO400 fotthe evening shots. I used ISO 100 for daylight.

 

[raid]

Nice shots , Raid.
I have a copy of this lens in Contax/Yashica mount.
Never thought of a micro 4/3 application.

Thank you Michael. I may buy such a lens with a working aperture one day.

 

[raid]

I just realized that my thread here has only three images while the "same" thread has 17 images in its duplicate.

See this link:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123049