[WTB] Need to buy a set of used Contax Zeiss or Zeiss ZF / ZE lenses...

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Paul Chak

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Hi we need to buy a set of used Contax Zeiss or Zeiss ZF / ZE lenses...

Something like:

18mm f/4 (or f/3.5)
25mm f/2.8
35mm f/2.8 (or f/2.0)
50mm f/1.4
85mm f/1.4


Any info about people interested in selling them (as a set of just one of them) will be very helpfull.

We also have some questions about how to make the best buy when you buy used lenses...
If we buy from E-bay how do I know lenses are good?
How do we know the lenses will be color matched? Contax Zeiss from Germany and Japan are very different?
What about the adapters for using them with Canon 7D (We will use this camera until Epic-S arrives, and we need the no mouvement in the Canon the mount).

Thank you very much in advance,

Paul
 
how long until you buy? I'm about to put up a set of contax zeiss for sale (conus), but won't be until a week or two. - 28/2.0 35/1.4 50/1.4 100/2.0 bundled with canon adapters, lens gears, and lens UV(0) filters. for about 3200 dollars.
 
KEH is the way to go. I've got a set of Contax Zeiss which I pieced together and every time I ventured into the ebay world I regretted it. When I'm paying good money for a lens I want the glass to be super clean and the iris blades to be free of oil and snappy. If you do go ebay make sure you ask about everything. Most listing say clean glass and no chips or marks. There's usually little mention of the iris blades and the movement of the focus ring. Keh is the best though.

As far as adapter mounts go the 20$ Canon mounts on ebay work great. I'm usually shooting with the Letus but from time to time use them on the 5D and it's rock solid. There's no play or jiggle to it. it's actually much better than the 100$ contax mount for my Letus which wiggles all over the place and recently ejected my 85 right onto the ground.
 
Hi!

Thank you very much for your reply!

I´m buying a set of 25mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm tomorrow at KEH.

Can you give me the brand of adapter mounts you bought for 20$ on ebay which work great for you? (C/Y to Canon). Can you give me the link?

Some people told me that is possible that the back of some contax lenses will touch the mirror of the Canon 7D. Have you seen any problem like that?

I would also love to buy the Zeiss 18mm, but it´s very expensive (950 uss)… Can you recommend me a sharp manual lens to match with the set I´m going to to buy? Maybe the Nikon 20mm f/2.8
NIKKOR AI-s ?

Any other recommendation?

Thank you very much in advance,

Best regards,

Paul

waefre said:
KEH is the way to go. I've got a set of Contax Zeiss which I pieced together and every time I ventured into the ebay world I regretted it. When I'm paying good money for a lens I want the glass to be super clean and the iris blades to be free of oil and snappy. If you do go ebay make sure you ask about everything. Most listing say clean glass and no chips or marks. There's usually little mention of the iris blades and the movement of the focus ring. Keh is the best though.

As far as adapter mounts go the 20$ Canon mounts on ebay work great. I'm usually shooting with the Letus but from time to time use them on the 5D and it's rock solid. There's no play or jiggle to it. it's actually much better than the 100$ contax mount for my Letus which wiggles all over the place and recently ejected my 85 right onto the ground.
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