FS: Zeiss Contax 35-70mm f3.4 Vario-Sonnar T* BOXED MINT

[Tommaso Alvisi]

I'm selling one of the sharpest zoom ever built.
It's a Zeiss C/Y 35-70mm f3.4 in BOXED / MINT condition.
It's very rare nowadays so well preserved.

Price is only 470eur, net of shipping and (if not paid with iban) paypal.

I have also available for only 50eur a very high quality canon eos adapter to C/Y mount.

7eur inside Italy sent by express courier.
Shipping the lens inside Europe would be 24eur registered, 32eur standard insured, 50eur UPS.
Worldwide shipping is possible but I'd have to check the fees for your country, feel free to contact me.


Real pics:

[Nick Morrison]

I'm selling one of the sharpest zoom ever built.
It's a Zeiss C/Y 35-70mm f3.4 in BOXED / MINT condition.
It's very rare nowadays so well preserved.

Price is only 470eur, net of shipping and (if not paid with iban) paypal.

I have also available for only 50eur a very high quality canon eos adapter to C/Y mount.

7eur inside Italy sent by express courier.
Shipping the lens inside Europe would be 24eur registered, 32eur standard insured, 50eur UPS.
Worldwide shipping is possible but I'd have to check the fees for your country, feel free to contact me.


Real pics:

I can confirm that many people consider this one of the greatest still zooms ever made. That is no joke. In a year, there will be none of these left, as still photographers are gobbling these up like rare diamonds. The prices for these have almost doubled in just 12months. Run, don't walk, to get this lens.

[Tommaso Alvisi]

I can confirm that many people consider this one of the greatest still zooms ever made. That is no joke. In a year, there will be none of these left, as still photographers are gobbling these up like rare diamonds. The prices for these have almost doubled in just 12months. Run, don't walk, to get this lens.

Thanks Nick for stopping by, pleased to meet you!
Yeah, the results you get are incredible, I just need to sell it to buy one more red ssd and I just spent 1k+ in x accessories!!!
Probably in a few days I'd have to sell my leica r's too...I need a new tripod head, a redmote, and some vlock batteries...
ouch!!!

[Nick Morrison]

Thanks Nick for stopping by, pleased to meet you!
Yeah, the results you get are incredible, I just need to sell it to buy one more red ssd and I just spent 1k+ in x accessories!!!
Probably in a few days I'd have to sell my leica r's too...I need a new tripod head, a redmote, and some vlock batteries...
ouch!!!

I hear you. I have this lens myself, its pretty great.

[Ryan De Franco]

As an owner of its cousin, the 28-85 f/3.4-4, I can attest these zoom is absolutely incredible. As sharp as modern ZF primes but with more character; kinder to skin while still razor sharp on texture like bark, brick etc.

Everything I've read about the 35-70 says it's even sharper with less distortion, at the expense of a bit less range. Also important to note these are push/pull zooms.

[Nick Morrison]

As an owner of its cousin, the 28-85 f/3.4-4, I can attest these zoom is absolutely incredible. As sharp as modern ZF primes but with more character; kinder to skin while still razor sharp on texture like bark, brick etc.

Everything I've read about the 35-70 says it's even sharper with less distortion, at the expense of a bit less range. Also important to note these are push/pull zooms.

Don't forget, the 35-70 also has a superb macro function. It's listed as 3:1, but I've measured it at 2:1.

That being said, I don't use the 35-70 as much as I'd like, because I think the 28-85 is a much more useful range.

Both are great. For video, truth be told, it appears most people go for the 28-85. However, the constant 3.3 aperture of the 35-70 and its outstanding peformance win it many fans as well. Another thing about it is that it has zero CA. Pretty amazing, for a zoom.

Still manual focus photographers go bananas for both lenses.

[Tommaso Alvisi]

Lens has been sold.