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Aug 11 2011 02:56pm
The bokeh looks so nice, cant wait to get my hands on it to test it.


The ZE version btw not the old one. IT will mount straight onto my canon

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Aug 11 2011 04:34pm
Quote (wezman @ Aug 11 2011 01:56pm)
The bokeh looks so nice, cant wait to get my hands on it to test it.


The ZE version btw not the old one. IT will mount straight onto my canon


expensive! But superb lens. The only thing that kept me from this was the lack of AF.
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expensive! But superb lens. The only thing that kept me from this was the lack of AF.


I owned the contax distagon and used it adapted for a while but i sold it when this lens was announced and only made a loss of a few hundred quid.

i currently don't own any AF lens :-) so that won't bother me.

I think for events the lack of AF will keep this in the bag, but for my travels it should be great. I'm worried about the no weather sealing too, it's first real commercial use will be my trip to norway to capture the northern lights. Its wet and cold there.

It in my humble opinion it will out shine any canon or nikon 35mm prime just as the contax version did, and can even give the leica summicron a good run for its money. My old contax version was sharp corner to corner, and i hear these perform as well also. I'm hoping i wont have to get it calibrated as that will be an inconvenience !

I waited a while before ordering to make sure they are as good as the older ones. And all seems well. I will Keep you informed!
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Aug 12 2011 12:09pm
Quote (wezman @ Aug 12 2011 10:54am)
I owned the contax distagon and used it adapted for a while but i sold it when this lens was announced and only made a loss of a few hundred quid.

i currently don't own any AF lens :-) so that won't bother me.

I think for events the lack of AF will keep this in the bag, but for my travels it should be great. I'm worried about the no weather sealing too, it's first real commercial use will be my trip to norway to capture the northern lights. Its wet and cold there.

It in my humble opinion it will out shine any canon or nikon 35mm prime just as the contax version did, and can even give the leica summicron a good run for its money. My old contax version was sharp corner to corner, and i hear these perform as well also. I'm hoping i wont have to get it calibrated as that will be an inconvenience !

I waited a while before ordering to make sure they are as good as the older ones. And all seems well. I will Keep you informed!


plz do, and show picchurs
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Aug 12 2011 12:20pm
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plz do, and show picchurs


As soon as it arrives you will have a picture of a Cat or Dog or landscape of my garden lol :P. Then when i field test you will see them here first!
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Aug 12 2011 02:48pm
Quote (wezman @ Aug 12 2011 12:20pm)
As soon as it arrives you will have a picture of a Cat or Dog or landscape of my garden lol :P.  Then when i field test you will see them here first!


Cant w8 to see the BOKEHNESS
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Aug 19 2011 02:02pm
it came today, i will upload in 10 mins some crappy test snaps!
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it came today, i will upload in 10 mins some crappy test snaps!


we don't want to see crappy test snaps. show us bokehness :D
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Aug 19 2011 02:12pm
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we don't want to see crappy test snaps. show us bokehness :D


i will show crappy pics with bokehness from around my home :D










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Aug 19 2011 04:02pm
Creamy. But most are underexposed/ not in focus. Get a better focusing screen.
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