Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.4

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See 2nd hand Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.4 in ebay as well as in Jessops next to my
flat...
Jessops sells it at 190pounds. I have a Canon 300D but have just got a kit
lense. Should I go for a 2nd hand Carl Zeiss or the famous cheap and
cheerful Canon 50mm 1.8 MKII?

The Carl Zeiss on ebay is made in Japan by Contax. Is there any difference
from those made in German?

Thanks for viewing and reply!!

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Are you refering to the Carl Zeiss Jena ? Even that ... the image quality is
superb [not excellent ]

If you can live with the manual focussing , go for it. I've seen images from
the CZ 28mm paired with 20D . .and the quality are just breathtaking !
PS : you'll need a Novoflex adapter or those thing . .and they ain't cheap


=bob=

"David Zou" <xzous@noreply.com> wrote in message
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> See 2nd hand Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.4 in ebay as well as in Jessops next to my
> flat...
> Jessops sells it at 190pounds. I have a Canon 300D but have just got a kit
> lense. Should I go for a 2nd hand Carl Zeiss or the famous cheap and
> cheerful Canon 50mm 1.8 MKII?
>
> The Carl Zeiss on ebay is made in Japan by Contax. Is there any difference
> from those made in German?
>
> Thanks for viewing and reply!!
>

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John Bean wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:03:05 +0100, "David Zou"
> <xzous@noreply.com> wrote:
>
> >The lense I am looking at now is a
> >Planar T* MM made in Japan for Contax camera.... The seller says I need a Contax/EOS adaptor..
> >
> >Can I use this M42 adaptor?
>
> Erm... Why would you use a M42 adaptor to fit a Contax lens
> to a Canon? Like the seller said, you need a Contax to EOS
> adaptor, though I have no idea if such an adaptor is
> available.

The Contax backfocus is 45.5mm, EOS is 44mm, the Contax mount is
smaller in diameter than the EOS mount and so a mount adapter should be
possible.

<http://search.ebay.com.au/eos-contax-adapter_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsacatZ-1QQcatrefZC6QQflocZ1QQsargnZ-1QQsaslcZ2QQsadisZ200QQfposZPostcodeQQga10244Z10425QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch>

It's a long link, but it does show that Contax to EOS adapters are
available on eBay.

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Hi

Thanks a lot..
Have beening screwed up by a journal paper this week...

Yeah I see the adaptor but the Zeiss has gone! I will keep an eye on ebay
for a Zeiss 50mm

David

<dj_nme@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> John Bean wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:03:05 +0100, "David Zou"
>> <xzous@noreply.com> wrote:
>>
>> >The lense I am looking at now is a
>> >Planar T* MM made in Japan for Contax camera.... The seller says I need
>> >a Contax/EOS adaptor..
>> >
>> >Can I use this M42 adaptor?
>>
>> Erm... Why would you use a M42 adaptor to fit a Contax lens
>> to a Canon? Like the seller said, you need a Contax to EOS
>> adaptor, though I have no idea if such an adaptor is
>> available.
>
> The Contax backfocus is 45.5mm, EOS is 44mm, the Contax mount is
> smaller in diameter than the EOS mount and so a mount adapter should be
> possible.
>
> <http://search.ebay.com.au/eos-contax-adapter_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsacatZ-1QQcatrefZC6QQflocZ1QQsargnZ-1QQsaslcZ2QQsadisZ200QQfposZPostcodeQQga10244Z10425QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch>
>
> It's a long link, but it does show that Contax to EOS adapters are
> available on eBay.
>