zeiss 180/2.8

[Shane Kelly]

I just picked up this PL remounted zeiss 180mm on ebay for $420 from seller sovjak. Its very clean and has a great focus rotation. He has some 80mm's and some 120mm's there as well but I have a 85mm compact prime on order from Duclos. I probably won't use a 180 that much but at that price it's a steal.

http://shop.ebay.com/sovjak/m.html
http://reduser.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=151&pictureid=683

[Aaron Champion]

cool ^_^

[Larry Gebhardt]

Yeah, I saw those listings and almost bought one. Are they multicoated? The one I was looking at had "MC" in red where the later ones have the T*...I'm wondering what the difference may be (if other than the branding).

Thanks,

Larry

[Nick Gardner]

I bought one just because they are so cheap. They are Ziess Jenna lenses. A nice enough lens, not very contrasty, but that's a turn of the dial nowadays. I wanted a long lens that I could use run and gun that wasn't very heavy, and it has served nicely.

Nick

[Nils J. Nesse]

I have one of these as well. Excellent glass! They're originally Pentacon 6 mount, so will cover the Epic 645...

[Shane Kelly]

Yeah, I saw those listings and almost bought one. Are they multicoated? The one I was looking at had "MC" in red where the later ones have the T*...I'm wondering what the difference may be (if other than the branding).

Thanks,

Larry

MC are multicoated. I didn't think that the jena (east german ) lenses used T*. The formula may have been the same. Anyone other lens geek know?

[Frank Glencairn]

I prefer the older (1960s) medium format Ziess Jenna lenses.
They have a special look to them - I call it "Buttersharp".

Not for everyones taste though.

I did some writeup here:

http://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/vintage-zeiss-glass-on-modern-cameras/

Frank

[Ryan Hamblin]

got one of these as well as the 120mm. They match pretty well to the RPZ 17-50 oddly enough. Not quite as contrasty or sharp... but close. Color wise they are just a hair off the 17-50. I am thinking of getting the 85 as well.