Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] 4.5/21 CZ Biogon
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 21:45:52 -0400

The 4.5/21 Carl Zeiss Biogon for the Contax RF and Contarex cameras is
generally credited with being the most impressive lens in that focal length
made, at least to the advent of the ASPH.  I have one in Contarex mount,
and it is an incredibly fine wide-angle.

Similarly, the 1.5/5cm CZ Sonnar remains competitive against the current
1.4/50 Summilux though, here, a less expensive alternative is to buy a
Russian Jupiter-3 clone for $100 or so, and an LTM to M adapter for another
$75.

Marc


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