Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My wide was the 50 Distagon first. Then I got the 60 when they were giving them away with a box of cracker jacks. They made then later one with a floating element; FLE they called them which made them better close. I was ok with the close performane from the getgo. Don't know if was the same as what they gave to Rollie. I do recall them being much more compact. I forgot that my first Zeiss was my 50 f2 Sonnar on my Contarex Bullseye. A camera I inherited from my dad. It was a killer lens. Said to be a macro even though it didn't say so. On 1/10/14 12:18 AM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > Mark wrote: > >> ... >> My first Zeiss lens was a 150mm f4 Sonnar for my new then Hasselblad. > > > I had a Tessar on a Contaflex as a kid, but my first serious Zeiss lens was > also the 150 f4 Sonnar for the Rollei SL66. Later I bought the 80 Planar > and 50 Distagon, which was a dog up close and one reason I got so > interested in non-retrofocus lenses on rangefinders. I may finally sell > off my SL66 outfit, but the Rollei TLR with the 2.8 Planar may be the only > MF film camera I keep -- such a classic, like the Leicas. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/