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Great range at an affordable price. Portable with sharp focus, excellent complement to the Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-85mm F/3.3-4 Zoom Lens. The Vario-Sonnar T* 80-200mm f/4 zoom lens is really convenient; the image quality isn't quite as good as the fixed focal length 135mm, but it is fairly close. The 1:3.33 macro function (at 200mm) is an added bonus. It is a great lens for isolating subject matter in architecture and landscape photography. It's also a convenient portrait lens and the close-up focusing at 200mm allow for 1:3.33 macro as well. The zoom control is an old-fashioned push/pull action with a focus grip, unlike the modern rotating ring-style zooming of many AF lenses. The aperture ring (f/4-f/22) has stops at full apertures and at f/4 you will need as much light as possible albeit at an affordable price.Read full review
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Good Zeiss lens for reasonable price, bought to use it on a Full Frame Canon camera. My impressions, pluses and minuses: + colors; + picture; + price; + excellent sharpness; + perfect sharpness on frame sides and in corners, really one of the best; - manual focus; - to use on Canon cameras requires adapter C/Y - Canon EOS; - if you use C/Y lenses on Canon, often it requires manual exposition compensation depending on aperture; - you can get a vignette on open aperture, especially if you use a lens filter. Summary: Good and non expensive 50mm Carl Zeiss lens. Excellent for landscapes: sharp on frame sides and in corners, also perfect sharpness when focus is near infinity. Of course very good for full-length portraits (Full Frame cameras) or half-length portraits (APS-C cameras). And again: colors are incredible! P.S. I recommend to use with a lens hood, otherwise in some conditions (side or face light) you can loose contrast.Read full review
A very solidly built{metal and glass) very little plastic just bushings I think.The colors that this lens produces with quality film, is awsome! The sharpness is second to none. The Yashica 1.7 comes a very close second once you've enlarged to about 8x10. A very fast handling lens the focus just snaps into place! I would reccomend this lens to any one who wants pro level results and a easy shoot at partys and wedding receptions, or just to tote around on a sight seeing adventure. You won't be dissapointed in any way, handles flare and distortion easily . Ken
One of the best 50mm ever made. Fantastically sharp, smooth and well built. I use it for both film on a Contax SLR and with an adapter on a mirrorless camera. An extraordinary lens!
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Before I bought it, I read alot review about this lens. Most of them mentioned that this lens is better than the f1.4 brother. This one make great pictures by working in f1.7. You can use the maxium aperture for very good result. I strongly recommend, for it's metal body, smooth focusing, incredible image quality, you can not miss one.
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