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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Zeiss-on-Canon


I borrowed Pol's Canon 5D for a moment earlier today to check how my manual Contax Zeiss lenses would perform by means of an adapter. The lenses do not couple so you can only work manually or via aperture priority. And when exposing, the viewfinder darkens as the diaphragm closes. Anyhow, it felt good to be able to give these old favourites (25/2.8, 35/1.4, 45/2.8, 50/1.4, 60/2.8 macro, 85/1.4, 135/2.8 and 200/3.5) a new lease on life. Now I'd like to get rid of the D80 and 4 lenses and buy a 5D instead. 

Image above must have been done with the 60mm macro. Not a great picture but shows how sharp these (relatively) old optics are and how nice the bokeh. 

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