Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love my ZM 85/2. For my needs, I like it better than the 90/2AA I used to own. I know it's not a true Sonnar design, but I like it a lot. It has the soft bokeh of the 75/1.4 but yet still sharp where it counts. However, the color characteristic of the Zeiss is definitely different from Leica's. Much bluer. I got it used and it always wiggled a bit. Then it suffered a mishap and it wiggled even more. I sent it off to a respected Leica repair person who said they can handle it, but they charged me $125 and the lens acted the same. I contacted Zeiss and they shipped it back to Germany to have a CLA and they fixed it right. Should have done it in the first place. Oh well. I suspect people either buy the 90/2 AA or one of the earlier Leica 90s. Lots of choices there. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > The ZM 85/2 is discontinued, and is no longer listed here: > http://lenses.zeiss.com/photo/en_DE/products/ikon/distagont2815zm.html > > I think the high price resulted in poor sales. It would be > interesting to see how many they made. > > Marty > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > There are a couple data points: the two Zeiss ZM lens that are made in > > Germany, the ZM 85/2 and the 15/2.8 are both listed at $3500-$4500, a > > striking distance within the Leica's. So really I guess you pay for what > you > > get - which is tight tolerance, high quality stuff. > > > > Besides, even the high end Nikon and Canon bodies are priced at > $6000-$7000, > > and in theory, most of the R&D there are funded by the lower priced > bodies, > > not the high end ones. > > > > FWIW > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]