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Contax Zeiss Survival Guide

David W. Jones said:
I'm remembering playing with my 60mm with an added Mutar 2X
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I wish I had that possibillity on my Silk project.
I guess you were using the V1 of the Mutar.
I have the V2 wich isn't compatible with the 60 AE.
Cheers
B.
 
Brandon Kelly said:
I did a quick shoot with some friends the other day hitting a rope swing in Whistler. Shot mostly with contax 35-70, 25 2.8 and some canon 70-300L and rokinon 8mm fish.

https://vimeo.com/72216359
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Yeah Brandon great job. The rolloffs and flares look fantastic. Great piece!
 
I just had to hop on here and say:

If someone was looking to get into Contax, they should just buy the 28 f2.8 and the 80-200 f4. You can shoot almost anything with those two lenses (light permitting). Obviously add more to it when you can, but... affordable awesome place to start.
 
I have to say the 28-85 is my standard lens now and I do about 90% of my work with it, and then tend to end up with either the 85 1.4 or the 25mm for flavour.

I really need to check out the longer zoom.
 
Ben Scott said:
I have to say the 28-85 is my standard lens now and I do about 90% of my work with it, and then tend to end up with either the 85 1.4 or the 25mm for flavour.

I really need to check out the longer zoom.
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The 80-200 is simply awesome. It's because of you I just ordered the 28-85, maybe I can peer pressure you into the 80-200!
 
Is re-greasing of the focusing ring really possible on contax lenses? Or is it not really worth the effort/cost? What places service contax lenses in this manner?
 
Tommaso Alvisi said:
of course! it should be no more than 30eur/40bucks and a normally skilled repairman should do it fine! def do it if the ring is stiff or loose...
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oh wow thats great to hear! Who would I be able to sent it to do that? I know nobody local who could do this
 
I don't know if it makes sense financially for just 1 lens with shipping 'n all but try duclos or rplens but in my experience local repairmen are usually cheaper...

it depends on the lens!

If it's a 35mm 1.4 or a 21mm 2.8...or a 135 2... :emote_happyhappy:
 
Ben Scott said:
Guys I'm interested in the type of setups you use when shooting and whether you stay light or fully 'rig up' and what NDs etc you use.

I ask because recently I've been using a lightweight 4x4" mattebox and it adds so much time to every lens change and setup that more and more I find myself ditching it by the end of the day and just using a Lee filter adapter hold and Lee stills grads and the like, or just using Tiffen screw-in IRND filters.
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I've been going as light as I can when using contax lenses. Screw-in ND and UV filters, only using a mattebox when I need the shade.
 
Jeffrey T. Morgan said:
The 80-200 is simply awesome. It's because of you I just ordered the 28-85, maybe I can peer pressure you into the 80-200!
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The 80-200 is an AWESOME lens, I love it. For the price ($250??!!!!), it's almost impossible to beat.

The 100-300 is much more expensive ($900) and slower, but the extra range is exciting. It's also insanely sharp as it's made with LOW DISPERSION glass (ie APO glass). A brilliant performer.

You can't go wrong with either.
 
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Nick Morrison said:
The 80-200 is an AWESOME lens, I love it. For the price ($250??!!!!), it's almost impossible to beat.

The 100-300 is much more expensive ($900) and slower, but the extra range is exciting. It's also insanely sharp as it's made with LOW DISPERSION glass (ie APO glass). A brilliant performer.

You can't go wrong with either.
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Right on, Nick!

Maybe someday I will look for a 100-300. For now my recomendation for people looking to test the water was based a lot on price. I was have a great day where I was just shooting the 28 2.8 or the 80-200 F4 and that's it. for the price of the 100-300 you could get the 28, 50, and 80-200 as a starter set, lol.

God I love this line of lenses!

I was about to comment in the "Poor Mans Fujinon 19-90" thread about the 28-85, which mine arrives today, but you beat me to it!

My next purchase may actually be the sigma 18-35 1.8 you round out all those wider needs. I am so curious how it cuts with the contax line, though I anticipate needing to pre build some looks to match in post.

I need to post some of my frame grabs on here soon...
 
Nick Morrison said:
The 80-200 is an AWESOME lens, I love it. For the price ($250??!!!!), it's almost impossible to beat.

The 100-300 is much more expensive ($900) and slower, but the extra range is exciting. It's also insanely sharp as it's made with LOW DISPERSION glass (ie APO glass). A brilliant performer.

You can't go wrong with either.
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Yea I love my 100/300 fantastic compact lens.

It was last night @5K FF
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Nick Morrison said:
Hey guys, there's a MINT 28 2.8 MM at B&H right now. These are very hard to find. Improved over the 28 AE, and rivals the famous "Hollywood" for performance.
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Apart the vanished ninja stars what are the other improvement?





Another shot from last night @300. Using FB for hosting and their compression automation is an oversharpening nightmare.
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I found in some circonstencies that this zoom was too sharp for my taste.
When Nick says it desolve metal and melt faces he's almost not kiding.
B.
 
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