Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When Zeiss starts making glass for under a thousand bucks I'd buy a warehouse full of them. Mark William Rabiner > From: Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:14:29 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Comments on the Zeiss 25mm f 2.8 Biogon for the M8 > > Robert,The formula's are different. The Nikon mount is a rework of the old > 25mm dating back to the Contarex days. The M mount version is a new > formula; it is very good, but in the units I have tested against my 24 ASPH > they are not as good. Were I buying today I would buy the Zeiss version. > At a third of the price it is a no brainer in the real world. In fact, > from 35mm down I would buy the Zeiss offering new as they are outstanding. > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at > usjet.net>wrote: > >> Is the ZF version of the 25mm for the Nikon the same lens, or is it a >> different formulation? >> >> >> >> On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Justin Viiret wrote: >> >> Hi Roland, >>> >>> I bought one of these from someone on the RFF forum site a year or two >>> ago, and I love it. It's small, takes 46mm filters (same as my 50 >>> pre-asph >>> summilux), appears to be pretty much impervious to flare, and is very >>> well >>> made. I don't have the shade or the (apparently phenomenal) finder -- I >>> use >>> a beaten-up Voigtlander 25mm finder instead, though I'll probably >>> eventually >>> pick up the Zeiss finder if I spot a cheaper second-hand one. :) >>> >>> Here's a few shots taken with it from me: >>> >>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/tags/zeiss25f28biogon/> >>> >>> And from the m-mount group on Flickr: >>> >>> <http://www.flickr.com/groups/86731438 at >>> N00/pool/tags/ZeissBiogon25mmf2.8> >>> >>> I think it's an excellent buy, though I know the wider and even smaller >>> 21/4.5 has some fans here too... >>> >>> jv >>> >>> On 19/03/2009, at 10:37 AM, R Tan wrote: >>> >>> Dear Friends >>>> I was thinking of getting the Zeiss 25mm f2.8 and was wondering if >>>> anybody has some comments on this lens? >>>> >>>> The other option, albeit a more expensive one, is the leica 24mm Elmar >>>> ASPH... >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Roland >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information