[FS: General] Carl Zeiss Lens Set including 35mm, 1.4

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This is a beautiful and rare set of Carl Zeiss prime lenses that would work great for your DSLR or RED One. Very fast for excellent DOF.

Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm/1.4 (West Germany) Serial: 6459272
Zeiss Planar T* 85mm/1.4 (West Germany) Serial: 6707641
Zeiss Planar T* 50mm/1.4 (Japan) Serial: 7254947
Zeiss Distagon 25mm/2.8 (West Germany) Serial: 6311325

C/Y Mounts. I have canon adapters that can be included if needed. $3,000 OBO

Call for more pics or questions: (484)340-3448

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Despite the recently introduced 'newer' 35mm lens, the old C/Y mount 35/1.4 Distagons remain in very high demand on used markets, with good quality copies fetching ~US$1200.

The lens was manufactured as an AE and later MM variant, both in Japan as well as in the West Germany. Thus you can encounter a total of four different variations of this lens: an AE copy made in the West Germany or Japan, and an MM copy made in Japan or West Germany. There does not seem to be any optical changes between the AE and MM versions of the lens, at least according to the publicly available sources. The optical construction of the lens consists of 9 elements in 8 groups, including a single aspherical element and a single floating element designed to correct various forms of aberration at close distances. The build quality of the lens is superb and is similar to other Carl Zeiss lenses of that period for Contax mount - all metal barrel, rubberized focusing and aperture rings. The focus ring is very smooth, the aperture ring is snappy and there is no wobbling of any sort inside or outside the lens. And like all Carl Zeiss Contax lenses, Distagon T* 35mm f/1.4 is a fully manual lens, meaning that there are no electronics of any sort in the lens and both focusing and aperture have to be set on the lens rather then through your camera. Speaking of the aperture - the ring moves in one full f-stop increments.

The lens looks a feels a little bit bulky (someone not familiar with this lens might even think it is a medium telephoto prime, not a wide angle), especially when compared to its slower brethren Distagon T* 35mm f/2.8. At 600g (1.3lb) it is one of the heavier wide angles I have seen so far. The lens measures 70 x 76mm (2.75 x 3in), but since the inner cam extends during focusing towards closeup, the actual length of the lens is slightly longer when fully extended. The minimum supported aperture is f/16, the minimum focusing distance is 30cm (1ft), while the filter size is 67mm (the lens accepts screw-in type filters).
 
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I'm also going to include a Pelican 1400 weatherproof case with the sale.
 
Have the aperture levers been removed? Difficult to see in your pix. I already have a set and had to have them removed so as to not brush up against the electronic pins plate on the 5D MII.

As already been asked, what is your price?
 
sorry gents, didn't realize the price wasn't in there. Looking for $3,000 obo on the set. Someone on Reduser has a 35mm 1.4 (similar serial) for $1,600 alone so I feel this is very market fair.
 
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