Just a comment, East German Carl Zeiss Jena lenses are optically excellent some of the best work I've seen on 35mm were made with a Varex 1000 and 35mm Flektagon, 50mm Pancolar, and 135mm Sonnar lenses.
Ian
Ian
Not quite...No "Jena" equivalent for these Carl-Zeiss lenses designed in the 1980s.
Thus to be mounted on a Minolta 5000, 7000 or 9000 camera.
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What do you mean by "Zeiss lens"? Any lens with Zeiss written on it or do you have something more specific in mind?
Why the obsession with Zeiss lenses? Of course Zeiss makes fine lenses, but you would need to compare the particular Zeiss lens against its Nikon (or other manufacturer) counterpart. Not every Zeiss lens is best in class, especially the older ones. Given the scarcity of Zeiss C/Y lenses, they tend to be expensive. I may be mistaken, but I also think the C/Y to Nikon adapter requires stop down metering.How about Nikon with C/Y mount Zeiss lens?
Why the obsession with Zeiss lenses? Of course Zeiss makes fine lenses, but you would need to compare the particular Zeiss lens against its Nikon (or other manufacturer) counterpart. Not every Zeiss lens is best in class, especially the older ones. Given the scarcity of Zeiss C/Y lenses, they tend to be expensive. I may be mistaken, but I also think the C/Y to Nikon adapter requires stop down metering.
On 35mm I use Nikon and Canon film cameras, I want to have set of lens which gives sharp images.
Nice japanese lenses, ic-racer.View attachment 207029
No "Jena" equivalent for these Carl-Zeiss lenses designed in the 1980s.
My understanding that A mount Sony and Zeiss lens will only work in late model Minolta bodies, the 3, and 5 and 7 and 9s that had been modified to work with micro motor lens. All the earlier bodies will only work with gear driven lens. You can get a solid Minolta 7 for under a few hundred bucks, A mount Zeiss lens are expensive but all are AF if that's important.
I was looking to buy Camera brand that offers Zeiss lens like Contax, Rollei etc.
There is, for the BEST Zeiss lenses, the Contarex.
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But please, keep saying the Carl Zeiss Jena lenses are inferior stuff. That will keep prices low.
My understanding that A mount Sony and Zeiss lens will only work in late model Minolta bodies, the 3, and 5 and 7 and 9s that had been modified to work with micro motor lens. All the earlier bodies will only work with gear driven lens. You can get a solid Minolta 7 for under a few hundred bucks, A mount Zeiss lens are expensive but all are AF if that's important.
Hi Paul, my understanding is that any non-SSM A-mount lens will work on bodies as far back as the original Maxxum/Dynax 7000. This would include current production Sony A-mount lenses such as the Sony Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 ZA SAL135F18Z.
A-mount lenses such as the Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSM SAL24F20Z are usable on bodies with SSM capability. There is quite alot written about this on photo.net and dyxum.com.
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