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Reviewed by
klymentt
, Intermediate
, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Price Paid
$350.00
at eBay
Photography Experience
6-10 years
, People
Summary
To put this review into perspective, I need to give you all some background on my experience with Contax and their lenses. My first photo job with my Contax lineup (167MT & 50/1.4AE) was to shoot a basketball practice for some website work for a charitable basketball school. Immediately, I realized that I needed autofocus and a good flash. I have always been impressed with Contax/Zeiss image quality but the drawbacks of not having any very fast auto focus or being able to afford a camera with flash sync that was at least somewhat decent has become a real hinderance. Add to that the weight of the cameras and lenses, the lack of extremely hightech features, and the fact that you can't use the C/Y lenses on the N-mount are a real pain considering the investment, I am now ready to give it all up and purchase a Canon EOS-1Ds (11.1megapixel digital SLR =) =) =) ) and sell all of my C/Y Contax equipment . . . except for my 60/2.8 Makro-Planar. I'll likely pick up a Bob Shell Contax-Canon adapter to use this lens on the new camera, even though I won't have auto focus or have the use of using max aperture to work with. This lens takes the most beautiful macro photos I could imagine . . . in fact, the photos it creates look better than what I see in my mind when I take the photograph. =)
Strengths
Image sharpness and colour reproduction are so crisp and accurate that is it sort of ridiculous.
Weaknesses
It's heavy . . . and B + W filters for the size of the filter ring are expensive . . . but then again macro's with similar specs seem to have similar filter ring diameters. =)
Similar Products Used
Nothing like it on earth.
Customer Service
Haven't needed service for this lens. =)
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