Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Sorry about the nomenclature. You are correct about the CZJ designation. I thought that I had seen an Opton in LTM at the camera show in Huntsville AL last year. Nonetheless, an excellent lens value if you do your homework. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/15/06, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > > At 08:26 PM 6/15/06 -0400, Don Dory wrote: > >Hoppy, > >It has significant vignetting, isn't especially good wide open and has an > >unknown price point. Instead, pick up a Zeiss Opton Sonnar in LTM at > around > >$350 U.S. There are quite a few of these out there and you will be > getting > >the genuine thing(genuine in terms of the original design. I have no > doubt > >that the new design will be a better lens). I suspect that a 1.8 Canon > >Serenar(LTM) will perform as well and be much cheaper. > > > >I really don't mean to rain on the parade as I do own and use quite a few > >"inferior" lenses but use them when the flaws are to my advantage. Going > in > >eyes wide open and it will be a good choice as you will know what to > expect. > > Don > > I am aware of a single Zeiss-Opton 1.5/50 Sonnar in LTM, a modification > made by the Leitz mechanics for a senior Leitz official int he late > 1940's. > I have never heard even a whisper of a second such lens existing. > > I do know of the existence of dozens if not hundreds of 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar > T's in LTM, one of which I currentlyown and I have owned a couple of > others > over the years. These were made during the War for sale in neutral lands, > especially Sweden, as Lieitz was not allowed to regularly produce camera > lenses at this time, so that Leitz camera bodies were sold in Sweden along > with these Zeiss lenses. > > I have a bunch of these lenses. The Wartime 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar T in LTM > is > the best of the lot though the 2/5cm CZJ Sonnar T which appears on the > front cover of my book is also a wonderful lens in use. I use both of > these frequently on my M6, along with my 1.5/7.5cm CZJ Biotar T. Grand > lenses on a grand camera. On occasion, I use them on my IIIc. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >