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wolan
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:29 pm Post subject: Contax 60mm f.28 macro |
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wolan wrote:
Hi,
as I understand it there are two versions of this lens, one gives 1:2 reproduction rate, the second, a more premium lens, goes down to 1:1
Can you confirm? What is the full name of the two lenses? How do distinguish them? Are they MM or AE version?
Thank you
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stevemark
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: Contax 60mm f.28 macro |
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stevemark wrote:
| wolan wrote: |
Hi,
as I understand it there are two versions of this lens, one gives 1:2 reproduction rate, the second, a more premium lens, goes down to 1:1
Can you confirm? What is the full name of the two lenses? How do distinguish them? Are they MM or AE version?
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Yes, I can confirm. The original version was 1:1 and 570g ...
https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/consumer-products/downloads/historical-products/photography/contax-yashica/en/datasheet-zeiss-makro-planar-2860-en.pdf
... the later 1:2 version had a "C" and was only 270g:
https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/consumer-products/downloads/historical-products/photography/contax-yashica/en/datasheet-zeiss-makro-planar-2860c-en.pdf
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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caspert79 wrote:
I would really like to see a comparison with the Yashica ML 55/2.8. |
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stevemark
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| I would really like to see a comparison with the Yashica ML 55/2.8. |
At 1:10 the Zeiss 2.8/60mm MTF looks extraordinary, at least for vintage normal lens, even at f2.8. Did you check the above Zeiss PDF?
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caspert79
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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caspert79 wrote:
| stevemark wrote: |
| caspert79 wrote: |
| I would really like to see a comparison with the Yashica ML 55/2.8. |
At 1:10 the Zeiss 2.8/60mm MTF looks extraordinary, at least for vintage normal lens, even at f2.8. Did you check the above Zeiss PDF?
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I’m asking it because I find the Yashica surprisingly good, even wide open. It was in production only for a very short time. I wonder whether the Yashica’s performance was maybe a bit too close to the Zeiss to keep it in production. All speculation, I know. No MTF to back it up. Remember a user on the Yashica / Contax forum who apparently owned both lenses and claimed the Yashica was better. Now that’s a bold claim and n=1. But still curious how both lenses compare. |
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wolan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Contax 60mm f.28 macro |
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wolan wrote:
Many thanks
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Himself
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Himself wrote:
I have the 1:1 version and it's AE. I'm not aware of any 1:1 version being MM.
The C version is MM.
I have also a Yashica 55/2.8 and a 55/4 but they are retired  .
The big brother with 1:1 ratio took their place.
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