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kyrcy
Joined: 23 Feb 2015 Posts: 124
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:56 pm Post subject: Carl Zeiss 35mm f/2.4 Flektogon MC |
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kyrcy wrote:
I read some reviews about this lens but does anyone here use it and recommend it? What would be a fair price for a copy in good condition? |
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y
Joined: 11 Aug 2013 Posts: 304 Location: EU
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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y wrote:
Around 100 EUR seems to be the average price nowadays. The lens is plenty but hyped too much.
The lens itself is pretty good (macro, bokeh, colors), although its corner performance tends to be weak and it's known for having sticky aperture. |
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kyrcy
Joined: 23 Feb 2015 Posts: 124
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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kyrcy wrote:
Will I have to stop it down significantly in order to achieve edge to edge sharpness? |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7776 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
I use mine on my Sony A6000 so I cant comment on edge sharpness, but centre sharpness I can - and it's very good. I generally use it one stop down, as I do with most lenses, and I get great results from the Flektogon. I've got about 10 or 12 M42 lenses between 28 and 37mm and the Flek' is my go to lens every time. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57840 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Great, well respected lens. _________________ -------------------------------
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miran
Joined: 01 Aug 2012 Posts: 1364 Location: Slovenia
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:17 am Post subject: |
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miran wrote:
y wrote: |
Around 100 EUR seems to be the average price nowadays. The lens is plenty but hyped too much.
The lens itself is pretty good (macro, bokeh, colors), although its corner performance tends to be weak and it's known for having sticky aperture. |
Auction prices on ebay seem to be mostly between 100 and 150€ for the M42 version (less for PB) so yeah, around 100 or 120€ would be a good realistic price, depending on condition. It's a good lens, I have one in nearly perfect condition togeter with its original leather case, and use it often (on film and apsc digital). It's better at mid distance than infinity where corners don't get really sharp until well stopped down (and that's on apsc). There might be some field curvature as well. In general the lens is perfectly usable wide open at close to mid distances (sharp in the center). For landscape type photography it's best to stop down to f/5.6 or f/8. The same as most other lenses really. The strong point of this lens is close focus. MFD is under 20cm which is quite a bit a less than most other 35mm lenses which typically focus only down to around 30cm or more. I also have the older f/2.8 zebra which has similar performance except when it comes to flare resistance where the f/2.4 black MC version is clearly superior. _________________ my flickr stream |
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Humulus
Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 130 Location: Poland
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Humulus wrote:
My favorite 35mm MF lens. Much better than the KMZ MC MIR-24M 35mm f/2.0 which suffers from low contrast and flares. |
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StyxD
Joined: 18 Nov 2014 Posts: 79 Location: Italia
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 10:06 am Post subject: |
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StyxD wrote:
It's an excellent walk-around lens, well known for typical Zeiss colors, microcontrast and a very short MFD (like 19 cm or so).
Major weaknesses are heavy vignetting wide open on FF and coating not on par with T* (although it's still very good).
I have a mint M42 Black electric copy. _________________ Powered by Sony A7ii, Canonet QL17 G-III, Konica Hexar RF and:
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Pancolart
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Pancolart wrote:
Indeed, it is ultimate tabletop lens for APS-C sensor cameras. For other uses like panorama and infinity on full frame you can find cheaper lenses that will do the work. _________________ ---------------------------------
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