Zeiss lenses... Are they worth the price

MAR-10

MAR-10

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Hello,
I will be producing a ducumentary in Nepal this November so I bought an HVX200 and a M2 adapter.
I need to buy a good set of lenses.
I was looking at the Zeiss series:

- 25mm f2.8 (787$)
- 50mm f1.4 (492$)
- 85mm f1.4 (984$)

Has anyone used these lenses before? are they worth the price?

Thanks

Mar-10
 
i have a bunch of the original c/y zeiss lenses and i love them. The ones you are talking about are copies of these.
Just so u know they rotate about twice as far as other lenses.
This is a plus and a negative.
pro: It make critical focusing easier for set up shots and racks are always smooth.
cons: you cant do super fast (kubrick) racks. cant really find used ones.(at least the nikon Fmount versions)
 
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deedive said:
i have a bunch of the original c/y zeiss lenses and i love them. The ones you are talking about are copies of these.
Just so u know they rotate about twice as far as other lenses.
This is a plus and a negative.
pro: It make critical focusing easier for set up shots and racks are always smooth.
cons: you cant do super fast (kubrick) racks. cant really find used ones.(at least the nikon Fmount versions)
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forgive me for my ignorance but what are racks?
 
thoes are GREAT lenses.

DAle are they Nikon mount? im gonna buy a Nikon mount for my Sgpro, thinking of investing thoes Zeiss'..... Drool....
 
nah, i have the c/y mount zeiss. (c/y = contax yashica) Zeiss used to make cameras, that devision was call contax. I love contax (there design is amazing, you saw my rtsIII) but they went out of business. (you can find them used/sometimes new) The F mount zeiss lenses are copies of the c/y versions. Sgpro is the only 35mm adapter that has a contax mount. With the others u have to get a contax-eos adapter.

http://www.contaxusa.com/

the other plus about c/y zeiss lenses is that they are alot more of them:
they have a 16, 18, 21, 25, 28, 35, 45, 50, 60macro, 85, 100macro, 135, 180, 200, and a mirror 500
and zooms, only bad thing is there zoom lenses are on the slow side and some lenses are hard to find.
 
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Any idea how these Zeiss SLR lenses compare to PL mount Zeiss Digiprimes? I know the digis are way more money, but why?
 
never used a digiprime. I have used L series canon zoom lenses on my slr and the zeisses are sharper with better bokeh.
 
Thanks for your help!
I Just ordered the lenses.
I will post a clip after I get my M2 setup.

MAR-10
 
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