Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not really party to this conversation, but Robert White here in the UK has this lens here: http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/shop-by-brand/zeiss/lenses/zeiss-zm-50mm-f1-5-c-sonnar-black-lens.html The price is ?767 (about $1180) ex. taxes (VAT) and they have it in black and silver. If you live in the US you do not pay tax on it. Robert is very used to dealing with the export trade but if I can help at all get back to me. Hope this helps! Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 31 Mar 2012, at 00:59, Chris Crawford wrote: > Jan, > > No one has the C-Sonnar in stock. B&H, Adorama, and Popflash are all out > of stock and have been for a very long time. There are a couple on ebay > selling for a lot more than mine. Eventually, hopefully, ZM lenses will > become easy to find again, but for now this lens is damn near impossible > to get in the United States :D~ > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > On 3/30/12 4:21 PM, "Jan Decher" <wanderjan at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Phil, >> I fully second what you wrote. It is amazing to what length some people >> on >> this list go to make folks who don't buy into the overpriced Leica hype >> and >> opt to use Zeiss ZM or Cosina lenses or a Zeiss ZM or Cosina Voigtlander >> body instead feel inferior. >> I use the Biogon 2.8/35 and 4.5/21mm and am very happy with the build >> quality and amazed by the optical quality. C-Sonnar 1.5/50 and >> Tele-Tessar >> 4/85 are on my short list. >> Note to Chris: the C-Sonnar is widely available at well-known US >> retailers, except for a temporary bottleneck in delivery due to the >> Tsunami >> in Japan last year. >> Jan >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm ZM C-Sonnar >> Really? ZM vs Zeiss semantics in a LUGger's For Sale post? That's BS >> Mark. The glass is every bit as good as the best Zeiss designs and the >> 50mm Sonnar shows it. All the Zeiss offerings do. Before this current >> iteration of Zeiss it was Kyocera who had dominion over the company. >> Some lenses were made in Germany (as some of the current stable are as >> well) and those lenses for Contax SLR mount were absolutely top class >> designs and implementations. >> They aren't just ZM lenses. ZM is specifically for Leica M mount. they >> have also been made for Nikon S mount, Nikon F mount, Pentax K mount, >> Canon EOS mount and I may have missed one or two off the top of my head. >> If it's not Zeiss glass as you claim how does a 21mm or 28mm ZM lens >> perform at the same level or better than the current Leica designs? >> "Zeiss" glass doesn't matter in that case. It could be plastic Holga >> glass for all the people who actually make photographs with their >> lenses care over those pontificating about how Leica or old >> Zeiss or Schneider or whoever's lenses were the best... >> Phil Forrest >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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