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(More customer reviews)The Zeiss Ikon 28mm f2.8 T* ZM Bigon lens is a Zeiss-designed, Cosina-built lens for the new Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera. It is a new Biogon design that is similar, but not identical, to the Contax 28mm f2.8 T* Biogon lens made for the Contax G-Series autofocus rangefinder cameras. It has been rated as an exceptional lens by a Japanese photography magazine, offering performance that is comparable to the Leica 28mm f2.8 Elmarit-M lens but at nearly half the cost of a brand new Leica lens (It has the same 46mm filter thread shared by the latest, current version of the Leica lens.). Furthermore, Erwin Puts has independently tested this lens and have found it to be optically as superb as the Leica 28mm Elmarit lens (For more details look at his Zeiss Ikon lens reports posted at www.imx.nl.). I look forward to adding this lens to my 35mm rangefinder kit, since I have found quite valuable the 28mm f2.8 Biogon Contax G-series lens which I still own (Indeed, I rank the Contax G-series lens nearly as fine a lens as the 28mm f2 Summicron ASPH; I expect a similar level of performance from the new 28mm f2.8 Biogon ZM lens.).
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Biogon T* 2.8/28 ZM The universal traveler... This lens provides the widest angle of view that can be used with the camera's built-in viewfinder. It comprises 8 optical elements and is based on the symmetric Carl Zeiss Biogon design. This wide-angle lens is an ideal companion for the 50 mm Planar standard lens.Its features include high image quality without color fringes, haze or reflection. Furthermore, the lens provides an astonishing close range of 0.5 m, making it ideal for travel, landscape and cityscape photography.Why M-mount? For more than 50 years now, passionate 35 mm photographers have been embracing the M-mount rangefinder camera system. From the lens designer's perspective, a rangefinder camera offers an exciting advantage over single lens reflex (SLR) cameras: more space. After all, there is no moving reflex mirror and drive mechanism. This allows for a short distance between the last lens element and the film meaning more opportunities for designing of superior lens types, including high performing wide-angle lenses.A passion ready for the challenge For our lens designers, the chance to develop the Carl Zeiss family of T* ZM-mount lenses was a dream come true. They were free to follow their passion in pursuit of perfection in lens performance, taking full advantage of our uncompromising symmetric lens designs. The only limitation was to reserve 15 mm in front of the film for the TTL exposure metering, commonplace in
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