List of old and new CY Zeiss Lenses

[bobbl46]

Update on Finest Optics from Zeiss brochure.

Dirk has offered to scan and upload it onto the Scan section. I'm awaiting his reply on sending it to him.

So Lynn, Chuck and others...watch out for the full brochure in the near future.

p.s. I've also offered Dirk the following, if anyone else is interested. (All CZ/Contax brochures)

RTS vs RTS II (explains the differences)
Contax T2
Contax Real Time Systems (circa 1980)
Contax Tix
Carl Zeiss Interchangeable Lens Systems
TLA Flash Systems
and 137MA User Manual.

Cheers, Bob.

 

[mpocar]

For shooting at birds, I can give my personal experience with CZ lenses. I didn't actually take shots at birds, but at bigger animals. Obviously not in my garden, so the technical problem is somewha similar. I used the 135/2.8 doubled with a Kenko MC7 2x. The results were fair but=

not outstanding. I then simply used the 200/3.5, eventually enlarging the=

central part of the shot. Advantages: you can shoot at f3.5 instead of f5.6 (faster), the center of=

the shot is fairly sharp with the 200/3.5 (although the rest is not so ni= ce, especially at f3.5, but this is not very important for animal shots), the=

viewfinder doesn't darken. Most important: colors and contrast are very superior to the 135/2.8 x 2! So: perhaps a Zeiss 2X mutar may give better results, otherwise I wouldn'= t use it!

 

[writing4me]

Thanks very much Marco. All good points to consider. It is a tough situation when trying to keep this on a small budget. I'll try out a number of ideas and when I find something that produces well I'll report back to the group. Best, Lynn

 

[rico1]

Lynn,

Your best option on a tight budget seems to be a 500/8 mirror lens. KEH has three (used) in the $100-200 range. The 80-300mm Tamron has reach, but 3rd-party economy zooms get me real nervous. I did pick up an almost-new Yashica 200/4 ML C last week: this is a delightful bit of glass for $133. The long Yashica lenses are sure to please - if you can find 'em. In a completely different category is the Tamron 300/2.8: while relatively expensive, it's a giveaway compared to the Zeiss!