Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, You are a cruel person. I do not need to hear how good this lens is. Maybe a month ago someone posted the MTF chart for the lens. It shows as good as the modern lenses do. Maybe that is why they still command four digit prices. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 3/30/06, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > > At 09:23 PM 3/30/06 -0500, Don Dory wrote: > >Jeffery, > >I have to admit I was tempted by the Cosina camera until I noticed I > could > >not use my prewar 35 Biogon on it, dealkiller. I will second Marc's > >comments re the Contax II or III. I picked up a III in pretty sad shape > and > >had it overhauled, I believe it will be working for a very long time. I > >would like to find a II that was overhaulable as I do prefer the smaller > >camera than the III. My main reason is I have hopes that the 21 Biogon > will > >start to come down in price as everyone goes to digital and it will not > fit > >any digital anything. > > Don > > I have two of the 4.5/21 CZ Biogons and magnificent they are: Ludwig > Bertele, the designer, bragged that this lens would be to photography as > was the jet engine to aviation or penicillin to medicine, an odd comment, > but he was entitled to brag, havig been the father of the entire Preway > Carl Zeiss Jena Contax RF BM lens line and also having been the father of > the Postwar 2.8/35 Contax RF BM Biogon and the Hasselblad 4.5/38 Biogon as > used on the many Hasselblad Superwide models until the past few years. > > One of my 4.5/21 lenses is in Contarex mount and I use that with my > Cyclops. The other is a Contarex lens which has been converted to Leica > M, > and I use that on my M's. Metering is a problem with a lens of this > breadth of field but, heck, guys, I bracket, and it works great on either > camera. > > The 4.5/21 Biogon is a magnificent lens and one worthy of acquiring and > using. I am not a fan of wide-angle photography but I am a fan of the > 21mm > Biogon. And I will be taking my Hasselblad SWC with me this weekend when > my Blushing Bride (blushing from the shame, no doubt, of having been > married to me for some years) and I seek a house in Richmond, Virginia. > > The Biogon is a REALLY great lens and highly recommended. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >